2022 Georgia Code
Title 42 - Penal Institutions
Chapter 8 - Probation
Article 3 - First Offenders
§ 42-8-62. Duty of Clerk to Transfer Information

When an individual is placed on probation or in confinement under this article, within 30 days of the filing of such sentence, the clerk of court shall transmit a record of the first offender sentence to the Georgia Crime Information Center. The clerk shall also transmit any subsequent order or notification regarding a first offender’s sentence, including, but not limited to, notification that the defendant completed active probation supervision, was released early from probation supervision, or completed the term of probation, notification that the defendant completed the term of prison or parole, an order revoking a first offender sentence, an order of exoneration of guilt and discharge, and tolling orders, to the Georgia Crime Information Center within 30 days of receiving such order for filing or notification.

History. Ga. L. 1968, p. 324, § 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1621, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1807, § 3; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 442, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 735, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1004, § 2; Ga. L. 2003, p. 840, § 4; Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 6A-1/SB 367.

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, rewrote this Code section.

Law reviews.

For note on the 2001 amendment of this Code section, see 18 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 227 (2001).

For note on the 2003 amendment to this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 179 (2003).

For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 139 (2016).