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Romelle L. Green Jr.
Chief Magistrate Judge
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Office Location:
255 Appomattox Rd
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5140
(229) 426-5123 FAX |
Office Hours:
Monday through Friday
9:00am to 5:00pm
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The Magistrate Court provides the following services to 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.
Department Personnel:
Chief Magistrate Judge: Romelle Green
Magistrate: Lisa Hudson McCard
Magistrate: Robert E. Sherrell
Chief Clerk: Pam Turner
Criminal Clerk: Diane Duncan
Secretary: Jamie Day
Chief Constable: Michael Gaulden
Constable: Leroy Dunnom
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