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The Honorable Romelle L. Green Jr.
Chief Magistrate 

255 Appomattox Rd
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5140 P
(229) 426-5123 F

Office Hours:
Monday through Friday
9:00am to 5:00pm 

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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.

 
Magistrate Staff
Magistrate & Chief Clerk Lisa Hudson McCard
Magistrate Robert Sherrell
Criminal Clerk Diane Duncan
Constable Michael Gaulden
Secretary Jamie Day