Worth County State Court, Georgia
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Jurisdiction
This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]
| “ | The State Courts were created in 1970 by the legislature. State Courts exercise limited jurisdiction within one county. These judges hear misdemeanor cases including traffic violations, issue search and arrest warrants, hold preliminary hearings in crimi- nal cases and try civil matters not reserved exclusively for the Superior Courts. A State Court is established by local legislation introduced in the General Assembly.[2] | ” |
Selection method
- See also: Judicial selection in the states
- See also: Nonpartisan election
Judges of the Georgia State Courts are elected to four-year terms.[3] The elections for this court are nonpartisan, contested elections. To serve on this court, a judge must be a state resident for at least three years, a county resident, admitted to practice law for at least seven years, and at least 25 years of age.[4]
Judicial elections in Georgia
- See also: Georgia judicial elections
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.[5][6]
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.[7]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia Courts, "Legislator's Guide to the Judicial Branch," accessed May 11, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ New Georgia Encyclopedia, "Judicial Branch: Overview," June 5, 2014
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Georgia; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcode - ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Election Law In Georgia: What City And County Attorneys Need To Know" September 2008 Scroll to p. 4
- ↑ O.C.G.A. § 21-2-285.1 Nonpartisan elections -- Form of ballot; runoff election; declaration of prevailing candidate as duly elected
Federal courts:
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