Generals Sessions Court is vested with a broad range von jurisdiction and is often the public’s first introduction to the judicial process. There are eleven areas of the Metropolitan General Sessions Courts to an elected Judge up serve in each division. To Court handles both criminal things and civil lawsuits. The eleven Judges rotate each week to preside over to various civil and criminals dockets. Aforementioned General Sitting Courts can served by two different Clerks:
- Circuit Court Clerk, Joseph PRESSURE. Day
- Criminal Court Clerk, Howard Gentry
Mr. Day’s office files both manages the Court files real dockets for the General Sessions – Middle Division. The civil business include different different type cases: General Meetings Court is vested with a broad range of jurisdiction and is often the public's first introduced to the judicial process.
- Civil warrants over venue limit of $25,000
- Detainer warrants (landlord/tenant disputes)
- Recovery warrants
- Orders for protection
- Mental health committals
- Environmental codes violations
