O.C.G.A.

Ga. Ct. App. R. 6 (2019)

Copies and Certificate of Service

✓ 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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(a) Original Document Only.

Paper applications for interlocutory appeals, applications for discretionary appeals, briefs, and all other documents filed with the Clerk in paper form shall include only an original.

(b) Service of Process.

(1) Notices of Appeal.

The notice of appeal filed in the trial court shall show that copies have been served upon opposing counsel or parties by one of three methods, which must be identified: United States Postal Service, personal service, or electronic service. Service shall be shown by a written acknowledgment, a certificate of service, or the server’s affidavit, attached to the notice, and must include the name and complete mailing address of all opposing counsel or parties, the signature of the counsel or party submitting the document, and the signature of the filer.

(2) Filings in Court of Appeals.

A party may serve filings upon opposing counsel or parties by one of three methods, which must be identified: United States Postal Service, personal service, or electronic service. Parties serving via email shall strictly adhere to the following process: A party may serve a document via email if the filer certifies that, based upon a prior agreement with the recipient party, service of a PDF copy of the document via email will be deemed sufficient service. The certification shall state, in substance: “I certify that there is a prior agreement with (insert party or law firm name) to allow documents in a PDF format sent via email to suffice for service.” The filer shall also,

in the accompanying certificate of service, list all recipients served electronically by full name, email address, telephone number, and complete physical mailing address.

All forms of service shall be made contemporaneously with or before filing. Filing of any document with the Court’s eFast system shall not constitute sufficient service under this rule.

(d) Failure to Comply with Rule.

Any document without a certificate of service or otherwise not in compliance with this rule shall not be accepted for filing.