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Georgia Superior Courts

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Georgia Superior Courts

TheSuperior Courts of Georgia have general jurisdiction over trial cases in the state. They also hear appeals from the lower courts.

Court division

The Superior Court is divided into 10 Judicial Districts and 49 Judicial Circuits with each county having its own.

DistrictAreas servedCounties within Areas
First DistrictAtlantic,Brunswick,Eastern,Ogeechee andWaycrossBryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, and Tattnall;Appling, Camden, Glynn, Jeff Davis, and Wayne;Chatham;Bulloch, Effingham, Jenkins, and Screven;Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware
Second DistrictAlapaha,Dougherty,Pataula,South Georgia,Southern andTiftonAtkinson, Berrien, Clinch, Cook and Lanier;Dougherty;Clay, Early, Miller, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole and Terrell;Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Grady and Mitchell;Brooks, Colquitt, Echols, Lowndes and Thomas;Irwin, Tift, Turner and Worth
Third DistrictChattahoochee,Houston,Macon andSouthwesternChattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, and Taylor;Houston;Bibb, Crawford, and Peach;Lee, Macon, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, and Webster
Fourth DistrictDeKalb andRockdale DeKalb;Rockdale
Fifth DistrictFulton (Atlanta)Fulton
Sixth DistrictClayton,Coweta,Flint,Griffin andTowaligaClayton;Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, and Troup;Henry,Fayette, Pike, Spalding, and Upson;Butts, Lamar, and Monroe
Seventh DistrictCherokee,Cobb,Conasauga,Douglas,Lookout Mountain,Paulding,Rome andTallapoosaBartow and Gordon;Cobb;Murray and Whitfield;Douglas;Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, and Walker;Paulding;Floyd;Haralson and Polk
Eighth DistrictCordele,Dublin,Middle,Ocmulgee andOconeeBen Hill, Crisp, Dooly, and Wilcox;Laurens, Johnson, Treutlen, and Twiggs;Candler, Emanuel, Jefferson, Toombs, and Washington;Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Putnam and Wilkinson;Bleckley, Dodge, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, and Wheeler
Ninth DistrictAppalachian,Bell-Forsyth,Blue Ridge,Enotah,Gwinnett,Mountain andNortheasternFannin, Gilmer, and Pickens;Forsyth; Cherokee;Lumpkin, Towns, Union, and White;Gwinnett;Habersham, Rabun, and Stephens;Dawson and Hall
Tenth DistrictAlcovy,Augusta,Northern,Piedmont,Toombs andWesternNewton and Walton;Burke, Columbia, and Richmond;Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison and Oglethorpe;Banks, Barrow, and Jackson;Glascock, Lincoln, McDuffie, Taliaferro, Warren and Wilkes;Clarke and Oconee

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