PROBATE AND MAGISTRATE COURT
521 Main Street
Suite 104
Warrenton, GA 30828
706-465-2227 or 706-465-3123

Below is a list of information concerning the different functions that may be handled in Probate and Magistrate Court. We hope this information will be helpful.  If you have any questions, please call our office.

Georgia Probate Court

Council of Magistrate Court Judges

Janice Thigpen

Judge

Jeremy Rachels

associate MAGISTRATE JUDGE

• Marriage Licenses
• Marriage Ceremonies​​​
• Birth and Death Certificates 
• Firearms Licenses •Fireworks Display Applications & Licenses 
• Traffic Violations
• Probate of Wills 
• Administration of Estates 
• Year Support Applications
• Guardianship of Incapacitated Adults 
• Temporary Guardianship of Minors 
• Criminal Warrants 
• Search Warrants
• Pre-warrants 
• Peace Warrants

• Small Claims ($15,000.00 limit)
• Inpatient Evaluation Orders in Mental, Drug, and Alcohol Cases
• Review of Accounting, Appraisals,
• Inventories, Where required for Estates
• County Ordinance Violations
• Code Enforcement Violations
• First Appearance Bond Hearings
• Preliminary Hearings
• Extradition Hearings
• Deposit Account Fraud Citations (Bad Check Division)
• Dispossessory Warrants
• Landlord & Tenant Procedures
• Personal Property Foreclosure
• ​Revocation of Letters in Estates and Guardianships