2021 Georgia Code
Title 33 - Insurance
Chapter 2 - Department and Commissioner
§ 33-2-7. Maintenance of Records, Books, or Papers by Commissioner Generally; Furnishing of Copies; Disposal of Records
- The Commissioner shall enter in permanent form records of the official transactions, filings, examinations, investigations, and proceedings of his office and shall keep all records, books, and papers pertaining thereto in his office. Such records, books, and papers shall be deemed public records of the state except as may be provided otherwise in this chapter.
- Upon the request of any person and the payment of the applicable fee, the Commissioner shall supply a certified copy of any record in his office which is then subject to public inspection.
- The Commissioner may destroy or otherwise dispose of all records entered in his office in accordance with the rules and procedures provided for in Part 1A of Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20; provided, however, that filings may be destroyed by direction of the Commissioner when superseded.
(Code 1933, § 56-203, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 594, § 2-6/HB 287.)
Cross references.- Management, printing, and public inspection of state documents, T. 50, C. 18.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Editor's notes.
- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions rendered under former Code 1933, §§ 56-504a and 56-504b are included in the annotations for this Code section.
Copyrighted filings may be copied without infringement.- Copying of copyrighted manuals, rates, and rules which must be filed with the Insurance Commissioner would not constitute an unfair use and hence would not amount to an infringement, but to the contrary would constitute a fair use and one within the purpose for which the filing was made with the Commissioner. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-178 (rendered under former Code 1933, §§ 56-504a and 56-504b, repealed by Ga. L. 1967, p. 684).
List of licensed agents.- Insurance Department is not required to create a list of all licensed insurance agents in order to provide copies of such a list of requesting citizens. 1982 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 82-50.
