Recorder's Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia

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The Gwinnett County Recorder's Court resides in Georgia. Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...

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Jurisdiction

This court serves incorporated municipalities and tries ordinance violations, issues criminal warrants, conducts preliminary hearings, and hears misdemeanor shoplifting and possession of marijuana cases. Courts can hold city-wide or county-wide jurisdiction.

Selection method

See also: Judicial selection in the states

Judges of the Georgia Municipal Courts are typically appointed by the governing body of the municipality, in a few cases they may be elected.

Qualifications
To serve on this court, "State law requires that municipal court judges be attorneys and active members in good standing with the State Bar of Georgia, although non-lawyer judges that were serving as of June 30, 2011, may continue to do so as long as they continue to obtain mandatory annual training (O.C.G.A. § 36-32-1.1)."

Judicial elections in Georgia

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Georgia is one of 12 states that uses nonpartisan elections to select judges and does not use retention elections for subsequent terms. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.

Primary election

Most court elections in Georgia are nonpartisan. Counties may choose to hold partisan elections for probate court positions. There are only judicial primaries for partisan elections.

Runoff election

If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the election (at least 50%+1 of the vote), a runoff election will be held between the two candidates with the most votes.

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