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Filed in The Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia which under Rule 3.2 of the Superior Court rules require the petition-pleading, be specifically assigned to the Judge whom the original action was or is assigned.

Filing Fee The cost to file a warrant application is $20 for each person you seek to have arrested. Individual applications must be completed for each person.

Magistrate Court Magistrate courts are county courts that issue warrants, hear minor criminal offenses and civil claims involving amounts of $15,000 or less. A chief magistrate is either elected or appointed in each county as determined by local legislation; other magistrates may be appointed by the chief magistrate.

A Good Behavior Warrant is an order, not an arrest warrant. This order does state that a specific individual (Defendant) is to stay away from you, your home, your job, and your family, by person, telephone, email, text message, or any other communicative means, along with any third party contact.

Ct. 3.2. When practical, all actions involving substantially the same parties, or substantially the same subject matter, or substantially the same factual issues, whether pending simultaneously or not, shall be assigned to the same judge.

A good behavior bond is temporary and acts like a restraining order. If placed on this bond you must comply with specific conditions which may include but are not limited to the following: You must not violate any criminal laws of any governmental unit or engaging in any illegal or criminal activity.

What is a good behavior warrant? A good behavior warrant is an application to keep the peace. If someone is threatening or harassing you and you have given them notice not to have any contact with you but they continue to do so, you can file a good behavior warrant.