2020 Georgia Code
Title 15 - Courts
Chapter 10 - Magistrate Courts
Article 8 - Magistrate Training
§ 15-10-131. Definitions
As used in this article, the term:
- "Certified magistrate" means a magistrate judge who has the appropriate required certificate of training issued by the council and on file with the council or a magistrate judge who is exempt from such training by subsection (d) of Code Section 15-10-137.
- "Council" means the Georgia Magistrate Courts Training Council.
- "School" means any school, college, university, academy, or training program approved by the council and the Judicial Council of Georgia which offers basic, in-service, advanced, specialized, or continuing judicial training or a combination thereof and includes within its meaning a combination of course curriculum, instructors, and facilities which meet the standards required by the council.
(Code 1981, §15-10-131, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1416, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 15.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Editor's notes.
- In light of the similarities of the statutory provisions, opinions under former Code 1933, T. 24, C. 16A and § 24-1602a are included in the annotations for this Code section.
No certificate to be issued if course not completed.- Georgia Justice (now Magistrate) Courts Training Council is not to issue certificates to judicial officers who have not completed its course of training, whether or not completion of training is a prerequisite to the collection of fees, charges, and costs by such officers. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-91 (decided under former Code 1933, T. 24, C. 16A).
Probate judges who hold courts of inquiry pursuant to former Code 1933, § 27-401 (see now O.C.G.A. § 17-7-20) need not obtain training and certification from the Georgia Justice (now Magistrate) Courts Training Council. 1982 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 82-69 (decided under former Code 1933, § 24-1602a).