Georgia Court Rules
Ga. Sup. Ct. R. 48 (2026)
Procedure
✓ current as of July 2026
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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Such questions shall be docketed by the Clerk like other cases, and the rules relating to oral arguments, briefs, motions, etc., in direct appeals shall apply. Payment of a filing fee is not required. See Rule 5(2)(b).
The written opinion of the Court stating the law governing the question certified shall be sent to the certifying court and to the parties by the Clerk under the seal of the Supreme Court. The decision shall be accorded the same force and effect as any other decision of the Court and shall be published with the opinions of the Court.