Georgia Code
Article 2 - Appellate Practice
§ 5-6-43. Preparation and Transmittal of Record on Appeal by Court Clerk; Retention of Copy by Clerk; Furnishing at No Cost to Attorney General in Capital Cases; Notification Where Defendant Confined to Jail

History. Ga. L. 1965, p. 18, § 12; Ga. L. 1966, p. 493, § 5; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1072, § 6; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1396, § 15; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 5; Ga. L. 2011, p. 24, § 1/HB 41.
The 2011 amendment, effective March 16, 2011, in subsection (b), inserted “, at no cost,” and deleted “, for which the clerk shall receive a fee as required by paragraph (6) of subsection (h) of Code Section 15-6-77, to be paid out of funds appropriated to the Department of Law” following “record on appeal”. See editor’s note for applicability.
Cross references.
Payment by appellant of costs of transcript preparation prior to transmittal of transcript to appellate court, § 15-6-80 .
Certification and transmittal of transcript and record, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 15.
Objection to failure to comply with Appellate Practice Act, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 20.
Duty of trial court clerks as to records and transcripts, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 41.
Preparation of records and transcripts, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 42.
Objections to records or transcripts, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 47.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 24, § 4/HB 41, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment by that Act shall apply retroactively to all cases for which fees have not been assessed.
Law reviews.
For article, “Setting the Record Straight: A Proposal to Save Time and Trees,” see 14 Ga. St. B.J. 14 (2008).

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