{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-6-8","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-6-8","heading":"Jurisdiction and powers of superior courts.","body":"The superior courts have authority:\n(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;\n(2) To exercise the powers of a court of equity;\n(3) To exercise appellate jurisdiction from judgments of the probate or magistrate courts as provided by law;\n(4) To exercise a general supervision over all inferior tribunals and to review and correct, in the manner prescribed by law, the judgments of:\n(A) Magistrates;\n(B) Municipal courts or councils;\n(C) Any inferior judicature;\n(D) Any person exercising judicial powers; and\n(E) Judges of the probate courts, except in cases touching the probate of wills and the granting of letters of administration, in which a jury must be impaneled;\n(5) To punish contempt by fines not exceeding $1,000.00, by imprisonment not exceeding 20 days, or both; and\n(6) To exercise such other powers, not contrary to the Constitution, as are or may be given to such courts by law.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 6 Superior Courts","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"a1457fedd842078109e92113613d81f0a18670f0e269144e9ee5a0603a817933","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-6-7","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-6-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}