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O.C.G.A. § 15-7-41 (2019)

Courts of record

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The state courts shall be courts of record and shall have a seal; and the minutes, records, and other books and files that are required by law to be kept for the superior courts shall, in the same manner, so far as the jurisdiction of state courts may render necessary, be kept in and for such courts.

History

Code 1981, § 15-7-41, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1419, § 2.

Annotations

Cross references. - Record of pro-

ceedings, Uniform State Court Rules, Rule 33.11. Minutes and final record, Uniform State Court Rules, Rule 36.6.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Nat’l Health Servs., Inc. v. Townsend, 130 Ga. App. 700, 204 S.E.2d 299 (1974). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Courts, § 8 et seq. C.J.S. - 21 C.J.S., Courts, § 8.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1990–2016 · leading case: Alexander v. Gibson, 794 S.E.2d 597 (Ga. 2016).
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Alexander v. Gibson, 794 S.E.2d 597 (Ga. 2016). · cites it 2× “See also OCGA §§ 15-7-41 and 15-7-43 (c) (providing that files required by law to be kept for superior courts shall also be kept for state courts and that the general laws and rules applicable to the execution and enforcement of judgments in the superior courts are applicable in…”
Taylor v. Pennsylvania Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 10 A.3d 419 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010). · cites it 3× “Ga. Code Ann. § 15-7-41 . 5 Lest there be any doubt, the Court of Appeals of Georgia has specifically declared that “[t]he State Court of Dekalb County is a ‘court of record.”
Napper v. Nat'l Mortg. Grp., Inc., 390 S.E.2d 70 (Ga. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “The State Court of DeKalb County is a “court of record,” see OCGA § 15-7-41, and thus is authorized to adjudicate a contested dispossessory action.”
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