Georgia Code
Article 2 - Commencement of Action and Service
§ 9-11-5. Service and Filing of Pleadings Subsequent to the Original Complaint and Other Papers

History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 609, § 5; Ga. L. 1967, p. 226, § 4; Ga. L. 2001, p. 854, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 73, §§ 1, 2/HB 29; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 1A-1/SB 407; Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 4-1/HB 239; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 9/SB 429; Ga. L. 2022, p. 352, § 9/HB 1428.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, added paragraph (f)(4) and redesignated former paragraph (f)(4) as present paragraph (f)(5).
The 2019 amendment, effective May 7, 2019, substituted “who is not an attorney” for “to be served” near the beginning of paragraph (f)(2); and, in paragraph (f)(4), substituted “at the primary email address on record with the electronic filing service provider” for “unless he or she files a rescission of consent as set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection” in the first sentence, and added the second sentence.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “email” for “e-mail” near the end of paragraph (f)(3).
The 2022 amendment, effective May 2, 2022, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “email” for “e-mail” throughout subsection (b) and subparagraphs (f)(1)(A) and (f)(1)(B).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2001, p. 854, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the 2001 amendment shall apply to judgments or decisions entered on and after July 1, 2001.
Ga. L. 2009, p. 73, § 5/HB 29, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment to this Code section shall apply to motions to dismiss filed after July 1, 2009.
U.S. Code.
For provisions of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 5, and annotations pertaining thereto, see 28 U.S.C.
Law reviews.
For article, “Foreign Corporations in Georgia,” see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 243 (1973).
For article surveying Georgia cases in the area of trial practice and procedure from June 1979 through May 1980, see 32 Mercer L. Rev. 225 (1980).
For article surveying developments in Georgia domestic relations law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 109 (1981).
For annual survey of law on domestic relations, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 105 (2010).
For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 45 (2018).
For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2019).
For article, “2019 Legislative Review,” see 24 Ga. St. B.J. 28 (June 2019).