Magistrate And Probate Court
103 North Broad Street
Abbeville GA 31001
Honorable B. Shawn Rhodes
Probate/Magistrate Judge judgeshawnrhodes@gmail.com
(229) 467-2220
Room 213
Magistrate wilcoxcountymagistrate@outlook.com
(229) 467-2458
Room 211
Malissa Parrish
Probate Clerk wilcoxclerk2@gmail.com
(229) 467-2220
Room 211
Bill Talley
Constable btalley901@yahoo.com
(478) 231-2737
Room 213
The Magistrate Court provides the following services for Wilcox County:
- Issue and conduct civil claims
- Issue garnishments
- Writs
- Dispossessory
- Foreclosures
- Issue subpoenas
- Issue post judgment interrogatories
- Enforce county ordinances
- Perform marriages
- Issue search warrants
- Issue civil judgments
- Issue almost all criminal warrants
- Setup pre-warrant application hearings
- Issue bad check warrants (deposit account fraud)
- Hold bond hearings (set the amount of bond)
- Issue conditions orders on family violence warrants
- Execute and accept written waivers of extradition
- Can issue contempt orders
- Issue bench warrants
The monetary limit of the Magistrate Court is $15,000. The Probate Court holds traffic court the first Wednesday of every month, unless otherwise noted on a citation.
