Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 469 - Magistrate courts; civil claims; monetary jurisdiction

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1. Cox  160th


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              1/30/95  Read 1st Time                                                                
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              2/10/95  Favorably Reported                                                           
              3/17/95  Recommitted                                                                  
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Code Sections amended: 15-10-2                                                                      


HB 469                                            LC 22 1472






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions
  1- 3  regarding magistrate courts, so as to provide for the
  1- 4  monetary jurisdiction of civil claims in magistrate court to
  1- 5  be set at $7,500.00; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
  1- 6  other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of
  1- 9  Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding
  1-10  magistrate courts, is amended by striking in its entirety
  1-11  paragraph (5) of Code Section 15-10-2, relating to the
  1-12  monetary jurisdiction of civil claims, and inserting in lieu
  1-13  thereof a new paragraph (5) to read as follows:

  1-14      "(5) The trial of civil claims including garnishment and
  1-15      attachment in which exclusive jurisdiction is not vested
  1-16      in the superior court and the amount demanded or the
  1-17      value of the property claimed does not exceed $5,000.00
  1-18      $7,500.00, provided that no prejudgment attachment may
  1-19      be granted;".

                         SECTION 2.

  1-20  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-21  repealed.













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