O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 35-3-34.1 (2019)

Circumstances when exonerated first offender’s criminal record may be disclosed

✓ 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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When a defendant has been exonerated and discharged without court adjudication of guilt pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 42, the center is authorized to provide the first offender’s record of arrests, charges, or sentences to the employers and entities and under the conditions set forth in Code Section 42-8-63.1.

History

Code 1981, § 35-3-34.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 840, § 3; Ga. L. 2006, p. 72, § 35/SB 465; Ga. L. 2006, p. 164, § 1/HB 1335; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-10/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 227, § 23/SB 178; Ga. L. 2013, p. 524, § 3-6/HB 78; Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 6B-4/SB 367.

Annotations

Cross references. - Discharges dis-

qualifying individuals from employment, § 42-8-63.1.

Law reviews. - For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U. L. Rev. 139 (2016). For note on the 2003 enactment of this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 179 (2003).