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The Southern Judicial Circuit is comprised of five counties; Brooks, Colquitt, Echols, Lowndes and Thomas. Each Court is of general jurisdiction vested with authority from the Georgia Legislature, O.C.G.A. § 15-6-8.

O.C.G.A. § 15-6-8 Jurisdiction and powers of the Superior Court

The Superior Courts have authority:

1. To exercise original, exclusive, or concurrent jurisdiction, as the case may be, of all causes, both civil and criminal, granted to them by the Constitution and laws;
2. To exercise the powers of a court of equity;
3. To exercise appellate jurisdiction from judgments of the probate or magistrate courts as provided by law;
4. To exercise a general supervision over all inferior tribunals and to review and correct, in the manner prescribed by law, the judgment of:
   • (A) Magistrates;
   • (B) Municipal court or councils;
   • (C) Any inferior judicature;
   • (D) Any person exercising judicial powers; and
   • (E) Judges of probate courts, except in cases touching the probate of wills and the granting of letters of administration, in which a jury must be impaneled;
5. To punish contempt by fines not exceeding $500.00 and by imprisonment not exceeding 20 days; and
6. To exercise such powers not contrary to the Constitution, as are may be given to such courts by law. (Laws 1799, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 1135; Code 1863, § 242; Code 1868, § 236; Code 1873, § 246; Code 1882, § 246; Civil Code 1895, § 4320; Penal Code 1895, § 791; Civil Code 1910, § 4849; Penal Code 1910, § 791; Code 1933, § 24-2615; Ga. L. 1982, p. 974, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, §§ 3-10; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 15.)