Anyone appointed or elected to serve as a municipal court judge, whether full-time or part-time, pro hac vice, or pro tem, must be certified according to OCGA § 36-32-21. Judges called upon to substitute for a municipal court judge, who are otherwise qualified to sit under OCGA § 15-1-9.1, shall be exempt from such certification requirement.
Ga. Unif. Mun. Ct. R. 29.3