O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 10-11-3 (2019)

Retention of reproductions of original business records

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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If, in the regular course of business, a person makes reproductions of original business records, the preservation of such reproductions constitutes compliance with any laws of this state requiring that business records be kept or preserved.

History

Code 1981, § 10-11-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1638, § 1.

CHAPTER 12 ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS Sec.

Short title. Definitions. Applicability to electronic records and signatures relating to a transaction. Applicability to electronic records and signatures created on or after July 1, 2009. Chapter does not create requirement for electronic transactions; determination as to whether parties intend to conduct electronic transactions. Construction and applicability. Legal effect of electronic records or signatures. Ability to retain, store, and print electronic records; requirements for posting and display of records; variation by agreement. Attributing electronic record or signature to particular person; effect. Rules applicable when change or error in electronic record occurs.

Annotations

Cross references. Filing documents by electronic means, § 15-10-53. Disclosure of information relating to electronic signature, § 50-18-72. Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2009, p. 698, § 1, effective July 1, 2009, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of Code Sections 10-12-1 through 10-12-5, relating to electronic records and signatures, and was based on

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Satisfaction of notarization, acknowledgement, verification or oath requirement. Retention of electronic records. Record or signature evidence not to be excluded solely on the basis of electronic format. Rules for automated transactions. Sending and receipt of electronic records. Transferable records. Agency creation and retention of electronic records; conversion of written records to electronic records. Each government agency to determine extent of electronic record utilization; specifications for use. Standards. Chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

Code 1981, §§ 10-12-1 - 10-12-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1052, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 232, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1999, p. 323, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 983, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2006, p. 72, § 10/SB 465; Ga. L. 2007, p. 133, § 4/HB 24. For application of this chapter in 2020 and 2021, see Executive Orders 06.11.20.01, 06.29.20.02, 07.15.20.01, 07.31.20.02, 08.15.20.01, 08.31.20.02, 06.30.21.02, 07.22.21.02, 08.19.21.02, and 09.20.21.02.

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Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, 4 A.L.R.7th 2.