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# Shatara Powell

Talbot County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Talbot County Magistrate 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/61f8256ac0d4d800215390f8/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/61f8256ac0d4d800215390f8/)
- [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/61f8256ac0d4d800215390f8/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- The current Chief Magistrate and Probate Judge for Talbot County, Georgia, serving since January 2022, and is an independent candidate in the 2024 re‐election race
- Independent candidate running for re‐election as Talbot County Probate Court and Chief Magistrate in the November 5, 2024 general election She previously won a special election in November 2022 to fill the seat vacated by Judge Sherrell Terry’s death, and is now seeking to make her position permanent In 2026, she is also listed as a candidate for the Talbot Probate Court Judge position in a February election
- Associate’s Degrees in Business Administration/Management and Criminal Justice from Southern Crescent Technical College

### Education



### Additional information

- She has been with the Talbot County Probate/Magistrate Court since January 2022



## 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.
- [Georgia Probate Court Rule 11 — virtual proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-fd6e1558b530329a117d6f9d) — Georgia Probate 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/2023/04/Rule-11-Order_approved.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.