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Wilkinson County Magistrate Court |
| Vivian L. Cummings Chief Magistrate Rita Harrison
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The Magistrate Court has jurisdiction over the following matters: the
hearing of applications for and the issuance of arrest and search
warrants; issuance of warrants and related proceedings relating to bonds
for good behavior and bonds to keep the peace; the holding of courts of
inquiry; the trial of charges of violations of county ordinances; the
trial of civil claims, including garnishment and attachment, in which
exclusive jurisdiction is not vested in the Superior Courts and the
amount demanded or the value of the property claimed does not exceed
$15,000; the issuance of summons, trial of issues, and issuance of writs
and judgments in dispossessory proceedings and distress warrant
proceedings; the punishment of contempt by fine not exceeding $200 or by
imprisonment not exceeding ten days or both; the administration of any
oath which is not required to be administered by some other officer; the
granting of bail in all cases where the granting officer; of bail is not
exclusively committed to some other court or officer; the issuing of
subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses in the Magistrate Court;
and such additional or other matters as are committed to their
jurisdiction by other general laws.
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