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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 15 - COURTS (§§ 15-1-1 — 15-25-3)
Chapter 9 - PROBATE COURTS (§§ 15-9-1 — 15-9-158)
Article 2 - JURISDICTION, POWER, AND DUTIES (§§ 15-9-30 — 15-9-47)
- Section 15-9-30 - Subject matter jurisdiction; powers and duties generally; copy of Official Code of Georgia Annotated furnished for each judge; authority of probate court judges
- Section 15-9-30.1 - Jurisdiction in cases involving removal of obstructions from roads
- Section 15-9-30.2 - Approval of bonds, qualification of officers, and delivery of commissions
- Section 15-9-30.3 - Jurisdiction over Game and Fish Code misdemeanor violations
- Section 15-9-30.4 - Jurisdiction over violations of Code Section 12-3-10 involving parks, historic sites, and recreational areas
- Section 15-9-30.5 - Jurisdiction over certain violations of "Georgia Boat Safety Act."
- Section 15-9-30.6 - Jurisdiction over certain drug and alcohol offenses
- Section 15-9-30.7 - Jurisdiction over certain cases involving litter
- Section 15-9-30.8 - Jurisdiction over certain cases involving operation of off-road vehicle
- Section 15-9-30.9 - Jurisdiction over certain animal control cases
- Section 15-9-31 - Authority of judge of probate court to grant administration
- Section 15-9-32 - Jurisdiction over estate of nonresident with property or cause in several counties
- Section 15-9-33 - Authority to administer oaths
- Section 15-9-34 - Contempt powers
- Section 15-9-35 - Power to cite absconding fiduciaries; publication of order; communication with appointing court in another state
- Section 15-9-36 - Judges of probate courts as clerks thereof; chief clerk; powers of clerks; uncontested matters; oaths
- Section 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
- Section 15-9-38 - Filing of wills; confidentiality of files; public docket
- Section 15-9-39 - Docket of applications and cases
- Section 15-9-40 - Filing and recording of proceedings
- Section 15-9-41 - Minutes of proceedings
- Section 15-9-42 - Docket of fiduciaries; storage of records for retrieval from automated or computerized record-keeping method or system
- Section 15-9-43 - Preservation of newspapers
- Section 15-9-44 - [Repealed] [Reserved] Use of photostatic and photographic equipment
- Section 15-9-45 - [Repealed] [Reserved] Filing of photostatic records
- Section 15-9-46 - Validity of photostatic records
- Section 15-9-47 - Default judgments; governing provisions
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