2025 Code of Georgia
Title 15 - Courts (Chs. 1 — 26)
Chapter 5B - Tax Courts (§§ 15-5B-1 — 15-5B-20)
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Notes
Effective date.This chapter became effective on January 1, 2025, for administrative purposes only and became effective on July 1, 2026, for all other purposes.
Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 2024, p. 888, § 4-1(a)/HB 1267, provides that this chapter becomes effective for administrative purposes only on January 1, 2025, and on July 1, 2026, for all other purposes only upon the ratification of a resolution at the November, 2024, state-wide general election that amends the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general law for the establishment of the Georgia Tax Court with state-wide jurisdiction. If such a resolution is not so ratified, then this chapter shall not become effective and shall stand repealed on January 1, 2025. The constitutional amendment proposed in Ga. L. 2024, p. 1189/HR 598, authorizing the establishment of the state-wide Georgia Tax Court, was approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the general election held on November 5, 2024.
Research References & Practice Aids
Law reviews.For article surveying state and local tax law, see 76 Mercer L. Rev. 363 (2024).
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 15
- § 15-5B-1. Short title
- § 15-5B-2. Definitions
- § 15-5B-3. Court seal
- § 15-5B-4. Chief court judge
- § 15-5B-5. Eligibility for judgeship; oath of office; limitations
- § 15-5B-6. Terms of court; place for court; disqualification of judges
- § 15-5B-7. Location of office; electronic filing system
- § 15-5B-8. Law assistants; appointment; duties
- § 15-5B-9. Court staff and salaries
- § 15-5B-10. Court budget
- § 15-5B-11. Jurisdiction
- § 15-5B-12. Proceedings; filing procedures; service; scheduling; transfer of cases from the Georgia Tax Tribunal
- § 15-5B-13. Filing petition with court operates as stay of enforcement or collection action
- § 15-5B-14. Fees
- § 15-5B-15. Conduct of proceedings
- § 15-5B-16. Conduct of trials
- § 15-5B-17. Court judgments and orders; confidentiality
- § 15-5B-18. Small claims division of the court
- § 15-5B-19. Rulemaking authority
- § 15-5B-20. Declaratory judgments; interlocutory order; award of fees; exclusion of orders