Evictions resume in Bibb County after 5 month moratorium

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A moratorium that delayed evictions in Bibb County ended today.

According to Macon-Bibb Chief Magistrate & Civil Judge Pamela White-Colbert, the court began processing evictions Monday.

In March, the Georgia State Supreme Court passed an emergency rule that put a hold on evictions based on non-payment of rent.

Now the county will process cases that have been on hold. According to Judge White-Colbert there are hundreds the court will have to process.

“From March until now from what I’ve been told, we have about 500 cases filed; we can only do about 12 cases an hour because we are only doing three cases every 15 minutes,” Judge White-Colbert said.

If you need help with rent there are several local organizations below that might be able to help:

• Macon Outreach At Mulberry