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255 Appomattox
Road Fitzgerald, Georgia 31750 Phone (229) 426-5140 |
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The Honorable
Lisa McCard Chief Magistrate Judge |
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The Magistrate Court provides the
following services for Ben Hill County:
♦ Issue and conduct civil claims
♦ Issue garnishments
♦ Writs
♦ Dispossessory
♦ Foreclosures
♦ Issue subpoenas
♦ Issue post judgment interrogatories
♦ Enforce county ordinances
♦ Perform marriages
♦ Issue search warrants
♦ Issue civil judgments
♦ Issue almost all criminal warrants
♦ Setup pre-warrant application hearings
♦ Issue bad check warrants (deposit account fraud)
♦ Hold bond hearings (set the amount of bond)
♦ Issue conditions orders on family violence warrants
♦ Execute and accept written waivers of extradition
♦ Can issue contempt orders
♦ Issue bench warrants
The monetary limit of the Magistrate Court is $15,000.