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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 15 - COURTS (§§ 15-1-1 — 15-25-3)
Chapter 6 - SUPERIOR COURTS (§§ 15-6-1 — 15-6-100)
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-6-1 — 15-6-36)
Section 15-6-4 - Qualifications of judges
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GA Code § 15-6-4 (2024)
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- (a) No individual shall be judge of the superior courts unless, at the time of his or her election, he or she has attained the age of 30 years, has been a citizen of the state for three years, has practiced law for seven years, and is a member in good standing with the State Bar of Georgia and has been duly reinstated to the practice of law in the event of his or her disbarment therefrom.
- (b) The office of any superior court judge shall be vacated upon the disbarment or suspension from the practice of law of such judge by the Supreme Court whether voluntary or involuntary and upon order of the Supreme Court providing for such removal from office.
Amended by 2017 Ga. Laws 48,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
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