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# Tricia L. Hise

Habersham County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Habersham 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/63f3e75fa8efac0027faeaf2/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/63f3e75fa8efac0027faeaf2/)
- [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/63f3e75fa8efac0027faeaf2/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Tricia Lynne Hise has been Chief Magistrate Judge of Habersham County since February 17, 2023, appointed by the Mountain Judicial Circuit Court justices to fill a vacancy created in 2021
- Partner/Owner at Hotard & Hise, LLC since 2009
- The Chief Magistrate Judge of Habersham County, Georgia, serving until the end of 2028, and is an experienced trial attorney with a background in public service and criminal law
- Hise has emphasized her “different perspective” in the courtroom, drawing on her experience as both a prosecutor and defense attorney

### Education


### Additional information

- handling family law, personal injury, trial law, real estate, and probate



## 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.