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# Robert E. Turner

Houston County Magistrate Court · Senior Judge

## Profile

- Court: Houston County Magistrate Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Senior Judge
- Service status: senior
- Last verified: 2026-08-25

## Biography

### Professional career

- Solicitor of State Court, Houston County, documented in official Georgia state directories for 1991 and 1993
- Additional role: Juvenile court judge for Houston County

### Education

- University of Georgia School of Law, 1982-1985.

### Additional information

- Senior Magistrate, Houston County Magistrate Court; part-time, current through 2025-01-01.
- Chief Magistrate, Houston County Magistrate Court, served through March 31, 2022.
- Senior Magistrate, part-time, beginning in 2022 after retirement from the Chief Magistrate role.
- President, Council of Magistrate Court Judges, 2015-2016.
- Service status: senior; judicial service remains active.
- This profile is not labeled Retired or Senior Judge.

## Sources

- [Official profile](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af01f4ce9168f520c4d313/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af01f4ce9168f520c4d313/)
- [Georgia Courts Directory](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/58af01f4ce9168f520c4d313/)
- [Houston County meeting minutes](https://www.houstoncountyga.gov/minutes/Scanned%20from%20a%20Xerox%20multifunction%20device.pdf)
- [Houston County department heads minutes](https://www.houstoncountyga.gov/minutes/2024-12-17%20Department%20Heads%20Copy1.pdf)
- [Public professional profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-turner-23a2b668)
- [Georgia state directory 1991](https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bs700-b-ps1-bd5-b1991)
- [Georgia state directory 1993](https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bs700-b-ps1-bd5-b1993)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Georgia Magistrate Court Rule 15 — virtual proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-92c085addd8bb83007e0ba04) — Georgia Magistrate Courts only. Virtual proceedings; consent, exceptions and judicial orders control. Dated 2023 source, later amendments not exhaustively certified. [Official source](https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Order-approving-Magistrate-videoconferencing-rules_entered.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.