2020 Georgia Code
Title 15 - Courts
Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-11-8. Court of Record

Universal Citation: GA Code § 15-11-8 (2020)

The juvenile court is a court of record having a seal. The judge and the judge's duly appointed representatives shall each have power to administer oaths and affirmations.

(Code 1981, §15-11-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)

Cross references.

- Juvenile Court records, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rules 3.1 et seq.

Juvenile Court as court of inquiry, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rules 14.1 and 14.2.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under pre-2000 Code Section 15-11-65, which was subsequently repealed but was succeeded by provisions in this Code section, are included in the annotations for this Code section. See the Editor's notes at the beginning of the chapter.

Concurrent warrant-issuing magistrates.

- See 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U84-30 (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-65).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 47 Am. Jur. 2d, Juvenile Courts and Delinquent and Dependent Children, § 39 et seq.

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