Georgia is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia.
Northern District
(a) The Northern District comprises four divisions.
(1) The Gainesville Division comprises the counties of Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White.
Court for the Gainesville Division shall be held at Gainesville.
(2) The Atlanta Division comprises the counties of Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, De Kalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, and Rockdale.
Court for the Atlanta Division shall be held at Atlanta.
(3) The Rome Division comprises the counties of Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield.
Court for the Rome Division shall be held at Rome.
(4) The Newnan Division comprises the counties of Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Haralson, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, and Troup.
Court for the Newnan Division shall be held at Newnan.
Middle District
(b) The Middle District comprises seven divisions.
(1) The Athens Division comprises the counties of Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hart, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton.
Court for the Athens Division shall be held at Athens.
(2) The Macon Division comprises the counties of Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Crawford, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, Upson, Washington, and Wilkinson.
Court for the Macon Division shall be held at Macon.
(3) The Columbus Division comprises the counties of Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot, and Taylor.
Court for the Columbus Division shall be held at Columbus.
(4) The Americus Division comprises the counties of Ben Hill, Crisp, Dooly, Lee, Macon, Schley, Sumter, Terrell, Webster, and Wilcox.
Court for the Americus Division shall be held at Americus.
(5) The Albany Division comprises the counties of Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Turner, and Worth.
Court for the Albany Division shall be held at Albany.
(6) The Valdosta Division comprises the counties of Berrien, Clinch, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, and Tift.
Court for the Valdosta Division shall be held at Valdosta.
(7) The Thomasville Division comprises the counties of Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Seminole, and Thomas.
Court for the Thomasville Division shall be held at Thomasville.
Southern District
(c) The Southern District comprises six divisions.
(1) The Augusta Division comprises the Counties of Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, and Wilkes.
Court for the Augusta Division shall be held at Augusta.
(2) The Dublin Division comprises the counties of Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, and Wheeler.
Court for the Dublin Division shall be held at Dublin.
(3) The Savannah Division comprises the counties of Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty.
Court for the Savannah Division shall be held at Savannah.
(4) The Waycross Division comprises the counties of Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware.
Court for the Waycross Division shall be held at Waycross.
(5) The Brunswick Division comprises the counties of Appling, Camden, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Long, McIntosh, and Wayne.
Court for the Brunswick Division shall be held at Brunswick.
(6) The Statesboro Division comprises the counties of Bulloch, Candler, Emanuel, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall, and Toombs.
Court for the Statesboro Division shall be held at Statesboro.
June 25, 1948, ch. 646 62 Stat. 876 Aug. 16, 1949, ch. 444 63 Stat. 610 Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 36a 65 Stat. 723 Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 408(a)98 Stat. 3362 Pub. L. 99–657, § 3100 Stat. 3670 (, ; , ; , ; –(c), , ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 77 36 Stat. 1108 May 28, 1926, ch. 414 44 Stat. 670 Aug. 22, 1935, ch. 603 49 Stat. 680 June 20, 1936, ch. 639 49 Stat. 1561 Aug. 21, 1937, ch. 728 50 Stat. 739 Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 153 56 Stat. 139 Oct. 29, 1945, ch. 435 59 Stat. 550 Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 150 (, ; , §§ 1, 2, ; , §§ 1–3, , 681; , ; , §§ 1, 2, , 740; , §§ 1–3, ; , ).
Provisions for furnishing rooms and accommodations at Americus and Dublin were omitted as obsolete upon advice of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts that Federal accommodations are now available in each of those places.
section 142 of this titleThe provisions respecting court accommodations at Brunswick, Newnan, or Thomasville were omitted as covered by .
section 150 of title 28Since the latest amendment of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., the former counties of Campbell and Milton were merged with Fulton County in the Atlanta Division of the Northern District.
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 99–657, § 3(1)1986—Subsec. (c)(1). , substituted “Jefferson, Lincoln” for “Lincoln”.
Pub. L. 99–657, § 3(2)Subsec. (c)(3). , substituted “and Liberty” for “Evans, Liberty, Screven, and Tattnall”.
Pub. L. 99–657, § 3(3)Subsec. (c)(6). , substituted “Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall” for “Jefferson, Jenkins”.
Pub. L. 98–620, § 408(a)1984—Subsec. (a)(1). , added Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens to the counties comprising the Gainesville Division of the Northern District.
Pub. L. 98–620, § 408(b)Subsec. (a)(2). , struck out Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens from the counties comprising the Atlanta Division of the Northern District.
Pub. L. 98–620, § 408(c)Subsec. (c)(6). , substituted “Statesboro” for “Swainsboro” in three places.
1951—Subsec. (c)(6). Act , struck out “Washington,”.
1949—Subsec. (c). Act , created a Swainsboro division and provided for holding court there.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1986 Amendment
Pub. L. 99–657section 4 of Pub. L. 99–657section 121 of this titleAmendment by effective 90 days after , and not to affect any action commenced before and pending on such effective date, or to affect the composition, or preclude the service, of any grand or petit jury summoned, empaneled, or actually serving on such date, see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 408(d)98 Stat. 3362
Pub. L. 98–620section 411 of Pub. L. 98–620section 85 of this titleAmendment by effective , and not to affect the composition, or preclude the service, of any grand or petit jury summoned, impaneled, or actually serving on that date, see , set out as a note under .