Georgia Code
Article 2 - Appellate Practice
§ 5-6-46. Operation of Notice of Appeal as Supersedeas in Civil Cases; Requirement of Supersedeas Bond or Other Security; Fixing of Amount; Procedure Upon No or Insufficient Filing; Effect of Bond as to Liability of Surety; Punitive Damages

History. Laws 1845, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 449, 453.; Code 1863, § 4171; Code 1868, § 4203; Ga. L. 1870, p. 416, § 1; Code 1873, § 4263; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 120, § 1; Code 1882, § 4263; Civil Code 1895, § 5552; Civil Code 1910, § 6165; Ga. L. 1917, p. 63, § 1; Code 1933, § 6-1002; Ga. L. 1965, p. 18, § 8; Ga. L. 1994, p. 346, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 228, § 2; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 5; Ga. L. 2004, p. 980, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 5/HB 95.
Cross references.
Supersedeas, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 12.
Filing notice of appeal and cross appeal, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 38.
Supersedeas, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 50.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2000, p. 228, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Civil Litigation Improvement Act of 2000.’ ”
Ga. L. 2004, p. 980, § 4, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment by that Act shall apply to cases pending on or filed on or after May 17, 2004.
Law reviews.
For article, “The Appellate Procedure Act of 1965,” see 1 Ga. St. B.J. 451 (1965).
For article, “1966 Amendments to the Appellate Procedure Act of 1965,” see 2 Ga. St. B.J. 433 (1966).
For article surveying appellate practice and procedure, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 3 (1982).
For annual survey of appellate practice and procedure, see 40 Mercer L. Rev. 51 (1988).
For note on 2000 amendment of this Code section, see 17 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 37 (2000).

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