O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-8-30.3 (2019)

Judgment in accordance with director’s order

✓ 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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The director may file in the superior court of the county wherein the person under order resides or, if such person is a corporation, in the county wherein the corporation maintains its principal place of business or, in any case, in the county wherein the violation occurred or in which jurisdiction is appropriate a certified copy of an unappealed final order of the director or of a final order of the director affirmed upon appeal or modified on any review or appeal from which no further review is taken or allowed, whereupon such court shall render judgment in accordance therewith and notify the parties. Such judgment shall have the same effect, and all proceedings in relation thereto shall thereafter be the same, as though such judgment had been rendered in an action duly heard and determined by such court.

History

Code 1981, § 12-8-30.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 412, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 385. C.J.S. - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 88, 89, 144, 145. 73A C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 354, 575, 577.

ALR. - Pollution control: preliminary mandatory injunction to prevent, correct, or reduce effects of polluting practices, 49 A.L.R.3d 1239.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2024–2026 · leading case: Arnold Bowen v. Jeffrey W. Cown, Dir. Env't Prot. Div., Dep't of Nat. Resources (Ga. Ct. App. 2024).
Arnold Bowen v. Jeffrey W. Cown, Dir. Env't Prot. Div., Dep't of Nat. Resources (Ga. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “After the administrative order became final, the Director filed a request for entry of judgment in the superior court pursuant to OCGA § 12-8-30.3. After the superior court entered the final judgment, the Bowens initiated this direct appeal The EPD has filed a motion to dismiss…”
Arnold Bowen v. Jeffrey W. Cown, Dir. Env't Prot. Div., Dep't of Nat. Resources (Ga. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 2× “The Bowens did not appeal the ruling, and the EPD subsequently filed a request for entry of judgment in the superior court pursuant to OCGA § 12-8-30.3. The superior court entered the requested judgment making the administrative order the judgment of the court in July 2024.”
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