Georgia Court Rules
Georgia Court Rules
✓ current as of July 2026Full text of 174 rules across 2 sets, cross-linked with Georgia case law.
Ga. Sup. Ct. R. — 125 rules
- Clerk’s Office Hours And Location
- Documents; Communications; General
- Terms Of Court
- Requirements For Attorneys, Registered Law Students, And Persons Authorized To Practice Under The Provisional Admission Rules
- Filing Fees
- Frivolous Appeals
- Contempt And Sanctions
- Notice Of Docketing
- Supersedeas
- Briefs Of The Parties: Time Of Filing
- Due Date
- Filings Affected By Judicial Emergency Orders
- Extensions Of Time
- Determination Of Filing Date
- Service
- Number Of Copies
- Typography
- Documents: Electronic Filings
- Documents: Paper Filings
- Briefs: Enumeration Of Errors And Jurisdictional Statement
- Other Word And Page Limitations
- Briefs And Other Filings: Page Numbering
- Briefs: Argument And Authority
- Amicus Curiae Briefs
- Supplemental Briefs
- Supplemental Record
- Motions Generally, Motions To Disqualify, Emergency Motions, And Motions To Expedite
- Certificate Of Interested Persons
- Motions For Reconsideration
- Suggestion Of Death
- Election Contest Case
- Requirements
- Standard For Granting
- Reserved
- Requirements
- Standard For Granting
- Reserved
- General Provisions
- Issues For Review
- Timing
- Court Of Appeals Opinion
- Standard For Granting
- Petitions
- Responses
- Replies In Support Of Petitions For Certiorari
- Record
- Appeal Bond
- Granted Certiorari
- Eligible Courts
- Question Presented
- Procedure
- Bar Disciplinary, Bar Admissions, And Judicial Qualifications Commission Cases
- Oral Argument
- Requests For Oral Argument
- Appearance
- Order Of Argument
- Time
- Courtroom Decorum
- Participation Of Justices
- Disqualified Or Not Participating
- Judgments
- Affirmance Without Opinion
- Remittitur
- Stay Of Remittitur
- Certiorari
- Reserved
- Remittitur
- Expediting
- Record Under Seal
- Records And Transcripts
- Format
- Sequence
- Court Reporter’s Transcript
- Evidence
- Prohibited Evidence
- Return Of Evidence
- Waiver
- Broadcast Proceedings
- Dignity Of The Proceedings
- Number Of Media
- Reserved
- Equipment
- Video Cameras
- Photographers
- Video
- Media Seating
- Notes And Sketches
- Interviews
- Agreement
- Off-Site Proceedings
- Ceremonial Proceedings
- Reservation
- Court Final Authority
- Purpose
- Activities Permitted By A Registered Law Student
- Requirements For Registration
- Procedure For Registration
- Supervision Of A Registered Law Student
- Appearance And Argument Before The Supreme Court
- Eligibility
- Application Procedure
- Authorization To Engage In The Practice Of Law
- Limitations To The Practice Of Law
- Duration
- Obligations Of Supervising Lawyers
- Application Procedures And Termination Events
- Request To Amend Uniform Rules
- Submission To State Bar
- Format
- Reserved
- Reserved
- Reserved
- Requirements
- Reporting Deadline
- Reporting Criteria
- Failure To Report
- Criteria
- Requirements
- Filing The Petition
- Registration
- Certificate
- Effect Of Permission To Practice
- Malpractice Insurance
- Provision To Temporarily Practice In This State Following A Major Disaster
- Effective Date And Amendments
Ga. Ct. App. R. — 49 rules
- Clerk’s Office Hours and Location
- Documents; Communications; General
- Due Date
- Court Filings and Determination of Filing Date
- Filing Fees/Affidavit of Indigence
- Copies and Certificate of Service
- Contempt
- Notice of Cause for Disqualification or Recusal
- Attorneys, Registered Law Students, and Registered Law School Graduates
- Personal Remarks; Opposing Counsel or Judge
- Appeals, How Entered
- Terms of Court
- Notice of Docketing
- Calendar; Conflicts
- Reserved
- Extension of Time for Filing
- Duty of Trial Court Clerks
- Preparation and Arrangement of Records and Transcripts
- Transmission of Transcript
- Objections to Records or Transcripts; Waiver
- Original Evidence
- Reserved
- Time of Filing; Contempt; Dismissal
- Preparation
- Structure and Content
- Amicus Curiae Briefs
- Supplemental, Amended, and Corrected Briefs
- Oral Argument
- Hearing by Quorum
- Interlocutory Applications
- Discretionary Applications
- Transfer of Applications
- Judgment Lines
- Number of Judges
- Judgment as Precedent
- Cases Overruling Precedent
- Reporting of Opinions
- Copies of Opinions
- Affirmance without Opinion, When Rendered
- Motions for Reconsideration
- Petition for Writ of Certiorari
- Transmittal
- Supersedeas and Emergency Motions
- Preparation and Filing
- Access to and Retention of Office Papers
- Changing, Substituting Parties
- Disqualifications and Recusals
- Parental Notification Act
- Electronic Filing of Documents