There shall be one magistrate court in each county of the state which shall be known as the Magistrate Court of ____________ County.
(Code 1981, §15-10-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Magistrate could not hold office while seeking election to city council.
- 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U83-55, which stated that there was no statutory, constitutional, nor common-law prohibition against a person simultaneously holding the offices of magistrate and city councilman, was issued prior to the ratification of Ga. Const. 1983, Art. II, Sec. II, Para. V, which provides that the test for simultaneously holding two offices is specific authorization, rather than prohibition; since there is no law specifically authorizing a person to simultaneously hold the offices of magistrate and city councilman, a chief magistrate could not hold office as chief magistrate while seeking election to the city council. 1985 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U85-41.