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Rockdale County Courthouse
Rockdale County Courthouse handles legal proceedings regarding wills and estates, and guardianship of minor children and incapacitated adults. It also handles various administrative issues, including issuance of marriage licenses, birth and death record information, firearm permits, residency affidavits, and voter registration issues. Rockdale County also has a magistrate court, and its jurisdiction includes civil claims, garnishments, and abandoned motor vehicles of $15,000 or less, dispossessory writs, distress warrants, and ordinance violations. Its jurisdiction also includes issuance of bad check citations, applications for and issuance of arrest and search warrants, bad check citation, misdemeanor and warrant hearings, and first appearance and committal hearings. Rockdale County Courthouse is located in Conyers, Ga.