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Magistrate Court

Magistrate Court has jurisdiction over all civil claims of $15,000 or less; distress warrants and dispossessory writs; county ordinance violations; bad checks; preliminary hearings; summons, arrest warrants and search warrants and an expanded jurisdiction of certain misdemeanors. Magistrate may also grant bail in cases where the setting of bail is not exclusively reserved to a judge of another court.

Magistrate Court Has Moved:
Click here for a map of the new location

Online Filings/Questions and Answers

We now take online filings. There is also a question and answer section that should be helpful for filings in the Magistrate Court. File Anytime!

Court Resources UNIFORM MAGISTRATE COURT RULES

Helpful Links

Filing Fees

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Forms

Abandoned Vehicles

Abandoned Motor Vehicle Exhibit Checklist July 2014
Affidavit for Foreclosure of Lien Against AMV July 2014
Affidavit For Foreclosure of Lien Repair Facility July 2014
Affidavit of Disposition of AMV July 2014
Answer _ Petition for Hearing for AMV July 2014
Checklist for Abandoned Motor Vehicle July 2014
Notice of Hearing on Petition on AMV July 2014
O.C.G.A. 40-11-(1-10) July 2014
Petition for Hearing AMV July 2014
Summons for Foreclosure of Lien Against Abandoned Motor Vehicle July 2014
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Abandoned Vessels

Affidavit for Foreclosure of Lien Against Abandon Vessels - July 2014
Affidavit of Disposition of Abandon Vessels - July 2014
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Civil Judgement

Consent Agreement
Default Judgment Trial Notices2010
Satisfaction of Judgment July 2014
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Civil

Affidavit for Judgment _ Writ of Fieri Facias on Consent Judgment
Answer Counterclaim of Defendant form
Certificate of Service
certificate_default_URMC
Complaint in Trover
Court Filing Fees
Dismissal of claims
Entry of Appearance
Instructions for Filing Claims
LISTING-THE-CORRECT-PARTY-OR-BUSINESS-ENTITY
Motion to appoint special agent to serve process
Notice of Appeal
Notice of Lawsuit and Request Waiver
O.C.G.A. 9-11-4 July 2014
Order appointing special agent to serve process
Request to Issue Judgment and or FIFA
Sheriff Entry of Service
Special Agents Affidavit of Service
Statement of Claim
Summons July 2014
Waiver of Service of Summons
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Criminal - Citizens

Appointed Counsel and Affidavit of Financial Resources
Delivery of Copy of arrrest warrant application _ findings form
Motion of Victim to Modify Special Conditions of bond form
Request for electronic and photographic media access to court proceedings2010
Request for Interpreter form
SOLICITUD PARA NOMBRAMIENTO DE ABOGADO Y
VICTIM IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
warrantapplication
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Deposit Account Fraud

Instructions for Defendants in Bad Check Cases
O.G.C.A. § 13-6-15
Procedures for Ciminal and Civil Prosecutions of Deposit Account Fraud Bad Checks Updated July 2012
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Dispossessory Actions

Application for Writ of Possession
Declaration for Tenants Covered under CDC Order
Dismissal of Claim
Dispossessory Answer
Dispossessory Proceeding
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Garnishments

GARN CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
new-mag-35-48-third-party-claim 5-4-16
plaintiff_s application for disburse
plaintiff_s traverse 2021
Sheriff Entry of Service
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Personal Property Foreclosure

Affidavit for Foreclosure of Personal Property
Election of Options
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Post Judgment

Direction for Post Judgment Interrogatories
Motion to Compel Answers to Post Judgment Interrogatories
Motion to Incarcerate Judgment debtor
Post Judgment Collection Procedures August 2014
Post Judgment Interrogatories
SUMMARY OF HOW TO PERFECT A JUDGMENT LIEN OR LEVY UPON JUDGMENT
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Subpoena

Affidavit of Service of Subpoena July 2014
Witness Subpoena
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Contact

Keisha Chambless
Chief Magistrate

Phone: (770) 781-2211
Fax: (770) 844-7581

Location

Magistrate Court

1090 Tribble Gap Rd.
Cumming, GA 30040

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