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# Billy Chandler

Commerce Municipal Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Commerce Municipal Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-25

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic devices and recording

Scope: statewide

Georgia's class-specific Uniform Court Rules govern electronic devices and recording in state trial courts. Before using recording, photography, livestreaming, or similar courtroom technology, confirm the governing rule and the assigned court's procedure.

Evidence excerpt: Uniform Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, Municipal and Probate Court Rules

[Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af01f6ce9168f520c4d353/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af01f6ce9168f520c4d353/)
- [Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
- [Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af01f6ce9168f520c4d353/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Current judicial officer in Georgia, serving as Chief Magistrate Judge of Jackson County and as a municipal court judge in Commerce, Georgia

### Education


### Additional information

- Chief Magistrate Judge, Jackson County, Georgia — Oversees magistrate court matters in the county
- handling a range of criminal and civil cases at the local level
- Public records: His judicial appointments are listed in Georgia’s official court directories and the Council of Municipal Court Judges
- Municipal Court Judge, Commerce, GA — Presides over cases in the city’s municipal court, which deals with local ordinance violations, small claims, and other municipal matters



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Uniform Municipal Court Rules, December 31, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-9acfd5d59c7a383c114b177a) — Municipal Court proceedings, including expressly stated civil/criminal limitations. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://assets.georgiacourts.gov/2/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/01171708/UNIFORM-MUNICIPAL-COURT-RULES-12312025.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.