§ 6.03. Jurisdiction.

The judge of the municipal court shall have power to impose fines and to imprison violators for the violation of any law or ordinance of the City of Cartersville within such limits as may be set by ordinance or by laws of Georgia. Said judge of the municipal court shall not have the authority to inflict a greater punishment for contempt than to impose a fine of three hundred dollars ($300.00) or imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days or any combination of the two. He shall have the authority of a justice of the peace, so far as to enable him to issue warrants for offenses committed within the limits of the City of Cartersville, which warrants may be executed by any police officer of said city, to hold committal hearings, and to commit the offenders to jail or admit them to bail in bailable cases for their appearance at the next term of court of competent jurisdiction to be held in said city. Except as may be herein otherwise specified, the judge of the municipal court is vested with all of the jurisdiction and powers as to the entire area within the corporate limits of the City of Cartersville. The municipal court is specifically vested with all jurisdiction and powers throughout the entire area within the corporate limits granted by state laws generally to mayors, recorder's and police courts, and particularly such laws as authorize the abatement of nuisances. The judge of the municipal court and the municipal court clerk, or the city clerk in the judge of the municipal court's name, is hereby authorized to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses to said municipal court, and to issue such other processes as may be necessary to the proper administration of said court.

(Amd. of 11-5-98(2))

State law reference

Maximum punishments municipal court may impose, O.C.G.A. § 36-32-1(c).