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Georgia Court Decisions

Supreme Court (Ga.) Court of Appeals (Ga. Ct. App.) * U.S. District Court—Northern District (N.D. Ga.) * U.S. District Court—Middle District (M.D. Ga.) * U.S. District Court—Southern District (S.D. Ga.) * —————  * Not available — Browse for information.

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “266 Ga. 130” or “219 Ga. App. 775” or “464 S.E.2d 805”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

Additional Resources
¶  Georgia Cases 1950–2002 ... [Rick Bradley (Tenn.) / LawSkills.com] — Links to case reports for the Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, from 1950 to 2002, that are maintained in a proprietary database. Texts lack internal page numbers (thus point-page citations are not possible) but are nicely presented, with links on internal citations to other cases that are in the database. Text searching across the database is possible, although the list of results will not show the names or official citations (pointing only to the database identifiers) for the cases in which the keywords are found.

Georgia Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (Ga. Const.)
   Amendments:  11/7/00 — Amendment 7 11/7/00 — Amendment 5 11/7/00 — Amendment 4 11/7/00 — Amendment 3 11/7/00 — Amendment 2 11/7/00 — Amendment 1
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Constitutional Amendments — 2002 ... At the Nov. 5, 2002, general election, proposed amendments 1, 3, 4, and 6 were adopted by the voters. The texts of those amendments are not separately availabe but can be viewed together in a voters' pamphlet (which also contains the texts of failed amendments as well as texts of referenda).
   Bills
   2009-2010 Bills 2007-2008 Bills 2005-2006 Bills 2003-2004 Bills 2001-2002 Bills 1999-2000 Bills
   See also the Georgia General Assembly web site and the alternative links in Additional Resources below.
   Georgia Laws (Ga. Laws)
   2009-2010 Passed/Signed Legislation 2007-2008 Passed/Signed Legislation 2005-2006 Passed/Signed Legislation 2003-2004 Passed/Signed Legislation 2001-2002 Passed/Signed Legislation

2. Official Code of Georgia (Ga. Code)
   Note—The code is not available at any official web site, but a version provided by LexisNexis is available..

Georgia Rules of Procedure and Practice

Court Rules ♦ Rules of Procedure
See also links on the Georgia courts web site.
Supreme Court Rules (Ga. S. Ct. R.) Court of Appeals Rules (Ga. App. Ct. R.) ————— Superior Court Rules (Ga. Super. Ct. R.) Probate Court Rules (Ga. Prob. Ct. R.) Juvenile Court Rules (Ga. Juv. Ct. R.) State Court Rules (Ga. St. Ct. R.) Magistrate Court Rules (Ga. Magis. Ct. R.) ————— U.S. District Court Rules—Middle District (M.D. Ga. R.)     —Northern District (N.D. Ga. R.)     —Southern District (S.D. Ga. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules—Middle District (M.D. Ga. Bankr. R.)     —Northern District (N.D. Ga. Bankr. R.)     —Southern District (S.D. Ga. Bankr. R.)
Rules of Practice ♦ Judicial Rules ♦ Professional Ethics Decisions
Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct ————— Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct ————— State Bar Ethics Opinions     —Index

Georgia Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia (Ga. R. & Regs.)

2. Opinions ♦ Decisions ♦ Orders ♦ Rulings
   Attorney General Opinions (Ops. Ga. Att'y Gen.)
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Environmental Protection Division Rules
   ¶  Personnel Board Rules [Ga. R. & Regs., ch. 478]

Georgia Local Law Sources

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Athens-Clarke County <2> Banks County <2> Barrow County <2> Bibb County <2> Brooks County <2> Bulloch County <2> Burke County <2> Camden County <2> Carroll County <2> Catoosa County <2> Cherokee County <2> Clayton County <2> Cobb County <2> Colquitt County <2> Columbia County <2> Coweta County <2> Crisp County <2> DeKalb County <2> Dooly County <2> Dougherty County <2> Douglas County <2> Effingham County <2> Fannin County <2> Fayette County <2> Floyd County <2> Forsyth County <2> Fulton County <2> Gilmer County <2> Gordon County <2> Gwinnett County <2> Habersham County <2> Hall County <2> Harris County <2> Hart County <2> Henry County <2> Houston County <2> Lee County <2> Liberty County <2> Lincoln County <2> Macon-Bibb County <2> McDuffie County <2> Morgan County <2> Murray County <2> Oconee County <2> Paulding County <2> Peach County <2> Pierce County <2> Putnam County <2> Quitman County <2> Rockdale County <2> Screven County <2> Spalding County <2> Sumter County <2> Thomas County <2> Troup County <2> Union County <2> Walker County <2> Walton County <2> Ware County <2> Webster County <2> White County <2> Whitfield County <2>   
Click on the button keyed to the name of the county. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
Municipal Ordinances
Albany <4> Alpharetta <4> Alto <4> Americus <4> Ashburn <4> Atlanta <4> Auburn <3> Avondale Estates <4> Bainbridge <4> Berkeley Lake <4> Blackshear <4> Blakely <4> Bloomingdale <4> Brunswick <4> Byron <4> Cairo <4> Camilla <4> Canton <4> Carrollton <4> Cartersville <4> Cedartown <4> Centerville <4> Chamblee <4> Clarkston <4> College Park <4> Colquitt <4> Columbus <4> Conyers <3> Cordele <4> Covington <3> Dalton <4> Darien <4> Dawsonville <4> Decatur <4> Doraville <4> Douglas <4> Dublin <4> Duluth <4> East Point <4> Eatonton <4> Elberton <4> Fayetteville <4> Fitzgerald <4> Flemington <4> Forest Park <4> Fort Oglethorpe <4> Gainesville <4> Garden City <4> Grayson <4> Griffin <4> Hahira <4> Hampton <4> Hapeville <4> Harlem <2> Helen <4> Hinesville <4> Holly Springs <4> Jesup <4> Jonesboro <4> Kennesaw <4> Kingsland <4> Lilburn <4> Macon <4> Madison <4> Marietta <4> McDonough <4> Metter <4> Milledgeville <4> Monroe <4> Morrow <4> Moultrie <4> Mountain Park <4> Nelson <4> Newnan <4> Norcross <4> Palmetto <4> Peachtree City <4> Perry <4> Pine Lake <4> Port Wentworth <4> Powder Springs <4> Richmond Hill <4> Rincon <4> Ringgold <4> Riverdale <4> Rome <4> Roswell <3> Sandersville <4> Savannah <4> Senoia <4> Smyrna <4> Snellville <4> St. Marys <4> Statesboro <4> Stockbridge <3> Stone Mountain <4> Suwanee <4> Sylvania <4> Sylvester <4> Thomson <4> Tifton <4> Tybee Island <4> Unadilla <4> Union City <4> Union Point <4> Valdosta <4> Vidalia <4> Warner Robins <4> Washington <4> Waycross <4> Winder <4> Woodstock <4>     
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Georgia Law-Related Periodicals

1. Emory International Law Review (Emory Int'l L. Rev.)
2. Emory Law Journal (Emory L.J.)
3. Georgia Bar Journal (Ga. B.J.) ... [State Bar of Georgia]
4. Journal of Intellectual Property Law (J. Intell. Prop. L.) ... [Univ. of Georgia Sch. of Law]
5. Mercer Law Review (Mercer L. Rev.) ... [Mercer Univ. — Walter F. George Sch. of Law] — The first issue of each volume presents an annual survey of Georgia law.

Other Georgia Commentary

1. Annual Eleventh Circuit Survey • Annual Survey of Georgia Law ... [Mercer Univ. Sch. of Law] — The Mercer Law Review publishes the Eleventh Circuit survey as the summer issue each year, and the Georgia survey as the fall issue. The most-recent survey issue usually is available on-line.

2. Legal Guide to Doing Business in Delaware. Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. ... [Lex Mundi]

Georgia Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Georgia Court Information

Web Sites
See also links to state courts' web sites maintained by the Administrative Office of the Courts.
Georgia Judicial Branch ————— Supreme Court Court of Appeals ————— Appalachian Judicial Circuit Atlanta Judicial Circuit Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit Cobb Judicial Circuit Enotah Judicial Circuit Gwinnett Judicial Circuit Northeastern Judicial Circuit Rome Judicial Circuit ————— Cobb County Courts Gwinnett County Courts Liberty County Courts Walker County Courts ————— U.S. District Court—Middle District     —Northern District     —Southern District U.S. Bankruptcy Court—Middle District     —Northern District     —Southern District
Addresses ♦ Names ♦ Numbers ... See also court web sites, above.
Probate Courts Magistrate Courts
Additional Resources

NOTE ON GEORGIA TRIAL COURTS—Ten state judicial administrative districts comprise 49 judicial circuits, and each circuit comprises either a single county or more than one. (Fulton County constitutes the entire Altanta Judicial Circuit, which constitutes the entire Fifth Judicial Administrative District.) Every county has a superior court, a juvenile court, and a probate court. In some counties there may be also one or more of the following: state court, magistrate court, recorder's court. In a city there may be a city court or municipal court.

¶  Municipal Courts — Council of Municipal Court Judges • Judges by Name • Judges by City • Clerks

Georgia Forms

Court Forms
Liberty County Courts
1. Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority: UCC (Article 9) Forms

2. Revenue Department: Individual Tax Forms • All Tax Forms

3. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other Georgia Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
General Assembly ————— Attorney General ————— Revenue Department Secretary of State
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶  Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶  Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
State Bar of Georgia —Computer Law Section ————— Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Georgia Association for Women Lawyers Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia ————— American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia ————— Atlanta Bar Association Cobb County Bar Association Decatur Bar Association Gate City Bar Association Houston County Bar Association Macon Bar Association North Fulton [County] Bar Association ————— Georgia Association of Paralegals
The State Bar maintains contact information for local and specialty bar associations (many do not have web sites). See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.

Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
Office of Bar Admissions ————— Emory University School of Law Georgia State University College of Law John Marshall Law School University of Georgia School of Law Walter F. George School of Law (Mercer University)

1. Consulate General of Mexico in Atlanta • Consulado General de México en Atlanta

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Georgia State Law Library ————— Clayton County Cobb County Dougherty County Fulton County Gwinnett County Emory University: Hugh F. MacMillan Law Library George Mason School of Law Georgia State University John Marshall Law School Mercer University University of Georgia: Alexander Campbell King Law Library
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
State Bar Consumer Pamphlets
How to Choose a Lawyer Lawyers and Legal Fees Legal Careers ————— Auto Accidents Bankruptcy Buying a Home Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights ————— Divorce Living Wills and Durable Powers of Attorney for Health Care Selecting a Personal Care Home Selecting a Nursing Home Legal Rights of Nursing Home Residents Wills ————— How to Be a Good Witness Juror's Manual
These are available in both HTML format and PDF files (PDF format).
1. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Georgia Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Georgia law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Georgia.

2. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. LegalAid-GA.org ... [Pro Bono Net (N.Y.)] — “What can you find here? Legal educational materials, sample forms, and information about the courts, community resources and free and low-cost legal aid programs to help you with your legal problem.”
   2. Georgia Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   3. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.