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Clerk of
Magistrate Court

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The Clayton County Magistrate Court is the fourth busiest magistrate court in the State of Georgia. The court handles over 33,000 cases per year with four full-time judges, four part-time judges and three full-time support personnel.

Magistrate court jurisdiction includes: civil disputes involving $15,000.00 or less, certain misdemeanor criminal offenses, landlord/tenant disputes, county ordinance violations, preliminary hearings in felony and misdemeanor criminal cases and the consideration and issuance of arrest warrants and search warrants.

The Clayton County Magistrate Court also serves in an assisting role to the Superior Court of Clayton County by handling Family Violence Protective Order Petitions and conducting bond hearings in certain felony cases.