Letter of the Chief Magistrate regarding dispossessory (eviction) cases and small claims, July 14, 2020

The record

Jurisdiction

Cobb County, Georgia (Magistrate Court) · Atlanta · Georgia

Level

Court

Authority

Statewide Judicial Emergency Orders (O.C.G.A. § 38-3-61 et seq.)

Issued

2020-07-14 July 14, 2020

Effective

2020-07-14

End

Eviction hearings resumed in stages thereafter; the CDC eviction order (Sept. 4, 2020, federal) then halted covered evictions (read as 2020-09-04)

In force

July 14, 2020 to Sept. 4, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• landlords, tenants and small-claims litigants in Cobb County

Functions reached

• PM property management (no evictions Mar. 14-July 2020 and beyond)
• SV servicing and collections (small claims suspended)
• CT courts

Collection

Atlanta MET-ATL

Operative words

[The Magistrate Court] has not heard any eviction matters nor released any writs of possession since... Chief Justice Harold D. Melton's initial Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency on March 14, 2020 (as read from the letter); per the County's release, 'Landlord/Tenant cases along with small claims cases will be cancelled through the end of July per the latest state judicial order.'

Enforcement

Notes