A Georgia Constitutional Office that provides services regarding probates, wills, wedding license, weapons concealed license, mental health hearings, and other processes required by Georgia law. Subject matter jurisdiction; powers and duties generally; copy of Official Code of Georgia Annotated furnished for each judge; authority of probate court judges.
15-9-30.1. Approval of bonds, qualificatio
n of officers, and delivery of commissions.
15-9-30.3. Jurisdiction over Game and Fish Code misdemeanor violations.
15-9-30.4. Jurisdiction over violations of Code Section 12-3-10 involving parks, historic sites, and recreational areas.
15-9-30.5. Jurisdiction over certain violations of “Georgia Boat Safety Act.”
15-9-30.6. Jurisdiction over certain drug and alcohol offenses.
15-9-30.7. Jurisdiction over certain cases involving litter.
15-9-30.8. Jurisdiction over certain cases involving operation of off-road vehicle.
15-9-30.9. Jurisdiction over certain animal control cases.
15-9-31. Authority of judge of probate court to grant administration.
15-9-32. Jurisdiction over estate of nonresident with property or cause in several counties.
15-9-33. Authority to administer oaths.
15-9-34. Contempt powers.
15-9-35. Power to cite absconding fiduciaries; publication of order; communication with appointing court in another state.
15-9-36. Judges of probate courts as clerks thereof; chief clerk; powers of clerks; uncontested matters; oaths.
15-9-37. Duties of clerks or probate judges acting as clerks; storage of records for retrieval from automated or computerized record-keeping method or system; installation and use of photostatic equipment or other photographic equipment for recording documents.
15-9-38. Filing of wills; confidentiality of files; public docket.
15-9-39. Docket of applications and cases.
15-9-40. Filing and recording of proceedings.
15-9-41. Minutes of proceedings.
15-9-42. Docket of fiduciaries; storage of records for retrieval from automated or computerized record-keeping method or system.
15-9-43. Preservation of newspapers.
15-9-44. [Reserved] Use of photostatic and photographic equipment.
15-9-45. [Reserved] Filing of photostatic records.
15-9-46. Validity of photostatic records.
15-9-47. Default judgments; governing provisions.
