Effingham County, Georgia (Judicial)

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Effingham County is located within the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit of the Superior Court First District.

In addition to the Superior Court the people of Effingham County are served by a Probate Court, a Juvenile Court, a Magistrate Court, two Municipal Courts and a State Court.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia has jurisdiction in Effingham County. Appeals from the Southern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

Courts

Effingham County, Georgia

Superior Courts

1st Superior Court District of Georgia

This court is divided into five districts:

Atlantic Judicial Circuit

Brunswick Judicial Circuit

Eastern Judicial Circuit

Ogeechee Judicial Circuit

Waycross Judicial Circuit


State Courts

Effingham County State Court, Georgia

Effinghama County Courthouse


Probate Courts

Effingham County Probate Court, Georgia


Juvenile Courts

Effingham County Juvenile Court, Georgia


Magistrate Courts

Effingham County Magistrate Court, Georgia

Former judges


See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Liberty County, Georgia, "Directory of Judges," accessed February 4, 2015
  2. ↑ Chatham Courts, "Superior Court Judges," accessed February 4, 2015
  3. ↑ Judicial Council of Georgia, "State Court Judges Directory," accessed April 27, 2014
  4. ↑ Council of Probate Court Judges, "Directory of Judges," accessed February 5, 2015
  5. ↑ Council of Juvenile Court Judges of Georgia, "Juvenile Court Judges by County," accessed March 11, 2015
  6. ↑ Georgia Courts, "Magistrate Court Directory," accessed May 14, 2015
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State courts:

Georgia Supreme Court • Georgia Court of Appeals • Georgia Superior Courts • Georgia State Courts • Georgia Business Court • Georgia Juvenile Courts • Georgia Probate Courts • Georgia Magistrate Courts • Georgia Municipal Courts

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Courts in Georgia • Georgia judicial elections • Judicial selection in Georgia

Elections

See also: Georgia judicial elections

Georgia is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Georgia, click here.

Election rules

Primary election

Most court elections in Georgia are nonpartisan. Counties may choose to hold partisan elections for probate court positions. There are only judicial primaries for partisan elections.[1][2]

Runoff election

If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the election (at least 50%+1 of the vote), a runoff election will be held between the two candidates with the most votes.[3]


  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named code
  2. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Election Law In Georgia: What City And County Attorneys Need To Know" September 2008 Scroll to p. 4
  3. ↑ O.C.G.A. § 21-2-285.1 Nonpartisan elections -- Form of ballot; runoff election; declaration of prevailing candidate as duly elected
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