Description: Walker County Magistrate Court 201 S Duke Street, LaFayette, GA. Phone: 706.638.1217 Email: c.hollingsworth@walkerga.us Magistrate court jurisdiction includes: The hearing of applications for and the issuance of arrest and search warrants Issuance of warrants and proceedings relating to bonds for good behavior and bonds to keep the peace The holding of courts of inquiry such…
Walker County Magistrate Court 102 Napier Street, LaFayette, GA. Phone: 706.638.1217 Email: c.hollingsworth@walkerga.us
Magistrate court jurisdiction includes:
A Chief Magistrate, who may be assisted by one or more Magistrates, presides over each of Georgia’s 159 Magistrate Courts. Magistrates may grant bail in cases where the setting of bail is not exclusively reserved to a judge of another court. No jury trials are held in Magistrate Court. If a defendant submits a written request for a jury trial, cases may be transferred to Superior or State Court. The Chief Magistrate of each county assigns cases, sets court sessions, appoints other Magistrates (with the cons