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# Crystal Harmon

Garden City Municipal Court · Chief Judge

## Profile

- Court: Garden City Municipal Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Chief 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/63fd0960b87163002868fb53/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/63fd0960b87163002868fb53/)
- [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/63fd0960b87163002868fb53/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Chatham County Recorder’s Court — elected 2024; sworn in 2025
- Chief Judge, Garden City Municipal Court
- Pro Tem Judge, Pooler Municipal Court
- Solicitor, Port Wentworth Municipal Court
- Prosecutor, Chatham County Recorder’s Court and Superior Court
- Domestic Violence Prosecutor, Dougherty County District Attorney’s Office
- Federal court-appointed attorney, Southern District of Georgia

### Education


### Additional information

- Private practice — from 2017
- Legal
- Judge Harmon is a member of the historic First Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church and resides in Pooler, GA.



## 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.