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2018 Georgia Code 15-6-96 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 6. Superior Courts, 15-6-1 through 15-6-100.

ARTICLE 2 CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURTS

15-6-96. Clerk as custodian of records; contracts to market records or computer generated data for profit.

The clerk of the superior court is the custodian of the records of his or her office.Any contract to distribute, sell, or otherwise market records or computer generated data of the office of the clerk of the superior court for profit shall be made by the clerk of the superior court. If the clerk of the superior court also serves as the clerk of any other court, the provisions of this Code section shall be applicable to the records and data of such other court.A report summarizing contracts entered into pursuant to this Code section along with any revenues received therefrom shall be prepared by the clerk of the superior court and submitted to the governing authority of the county on a monthly basis.

(Code 1981, §15-6-96, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 671, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Code section prevails over Open Records Act.

- O.C.G.A. § 15-6-96 prevails over O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71 and any other part of the Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., to the extent those laws conflict with the ability of superior court clerks to contract to market records of the clerk's offices for profit. Powell v. VonCanon, 219 Ga. App. 840, 467 S.E.2d 193 (1996).

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