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2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 15 - COURTS
CHAPTER 6 - SUPERIOR COURTS
ARTICLE 2 - CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURTS
§ 15-6-73 - Destruction of obsolete records
O.C.G.A. 15-6-73 (2010)15-6-73. Destruction of obsolete records
(a) Clerks of the superior court are authorized, from time to time, to destroy books containing records of instruments conveying personal property only, including bills of sale, mortgages, conditional sales contracts, retention title contracts, and bills of sale to secure debt, which records are over 15 years of age.
(b) Every clerk of the superior court or city court is, from time to time, authorized to destroy original pleadings which have been recorded in the minutes or writ books of the court in every civil case which has been finally terminated for 20 years or more, except cases involving divorce, titles to land, legitimation of a child or children, and proceedings for adoption.
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