Ga. Unif. Mun. Ct. R. 22.2
At or before arraignment, the court shall inquire whether the accused is represented by an attorney and, if not, advise the accused of the right to indigent defense counsel and the procedures by which an attorney's assistance may be obtained.
At arraignment, the accused, upon a plea of not guilty, may exercise his or her right to have the case bound over to the appropriate state or superior court for a trial by jury. If the accused desires a trial in municipal court before a judge without a jury, the accused shall so signify by executing a written waiver of the right to trial by jury at arraignment. Thereafter, the prosecution may, within ten (10) days, exercise its right to a trial by jury by filing a notice of binding the case over to the appropriate state or superior court. Failure of the prosecution to demand that the case be bound over for jury trial shall be deemed a waiver of the prosecution's right to trial by jury. Thereafter, a revocation of either the accused's or the prosecution's waiver of the right to trial by jury shall be effective only upon written application to the court, which shall approve such revocation unless the court makes specific findings that the revocation will substantially delay or impede the cause of justice.
Upon the call of the case for arraignment the accused, or the attorney for the accused, shall answer whether the accused pleads guilty or not guilty or desires to enter a plea of nolo contendere to the offense or offenses charged; a plea of not guilty shall constitute a joining of the issue.
Ga. Unif. Mun. Ct. R. 22.2