The chief magistrate of each county may, by local rule of court, authorize the clerk of the magistrate court or one or more deputy clerks of the court to sign any notice or summons in any civil action pending in the court.
History. Code 1981, § 15-10-51 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 636, § 2.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, Code Section 15-10-50, as enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 636, § 2, was redesignated as Code Section 15-10-51.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 10 - Magistrate Courts
§ 15-10-40. Applicability of Article
§ 15-10-41. [Effective Until July 1, 2023. See note.] No Jury Trials; Appeal
§ 15-10-41. [Effective July 1, 2023. See note.] No Jury Trials; Appeal
§ 15-10-42. Applicability of the Civil Practice Act
§ 15-10-45. Compulsory and Permissive Counterclaims
§ 15-10-46. Ordering Deferred Partial Payment of Judgment
§ 15-10-47. Effect, Recordation, Execution, and Enforcement of Money Judgments; Fee for Recordation
§ 15-10-48. Form of Statement of Claim, Verification, and Notice
§ 15-10-49. Procedure in Attachment, Garnishment, Dispossessory, and Distress Warrant Proceedings
§ 15-10-50. Interrogatories to Judgment Debtor; Form; Contempt; Authorized Discovery Procedures
§ 15-10-51. Authorizing Clerks to Sign Notices and Summonses
§ 15-10-52. Party Name in Action
§ 15-10-53. Filing Documents by Electronic Means
§ 15-10-54. Use of Personally Identifiable Data in Court Documentation; Redaction