2025 Code of Georgia
Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies (Chs. 1 — 10)
Chapter 3 - Georgia Bureau of Investigation (Arts. 1 — 9)
Article 2 - Georgia Crime Information Center (§§ 35-3-30 — 35-3-40)
Annotations
Opinion Notes
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Council may direct center to furnish data for pre-employment checks for criminal justice purposes. —Georgia Crime Information Center Council may direct the Georgia Crime Information Center to furnish criminal history data to state agencies and political subdivisions, or federal agencies, for their use in preemployment checks but only if the council feels that such information is being furnished for the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension of criminal offenders. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-110.
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Records checks for applicants for employment with Department of Human Resources or health agencies, § 49-2-14.
Records checks for employees of day-care centers, § 49-5-60 et seq.
Records checks for persons exercising supervisory or disciplinary power over children, § 49-5-110 et seq.
Notification to Department of Corrections, Uniform Superior Court Rules, Rule 35.1.
Filing requirements in criminal cases, Uniform Superior Court Rules, Rule 36.13.
Administrative rules and regulations.Organization, practices, and procedures of the Georgia Crime Information Center, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Crime Information Center Council, Rule 140-1-.01 et seq and Rule 140-2-.01 et seq.
Law reviews.For article, “Georgia’s Open Records and Open Meetings Laws: A Continued March Toward Government in the Sunshine,” see 40 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (1988).
For note, “Give It to Me, I’m Worth It: The Need to Amend Georgia’s Record Restriction Statute to Provide Ex-Offenders with a Second Chance in the Employment Sector,” see 52 Ga. L. Rev. 267 (2017).
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 35
- § 35-3-30. Definitions
- § 35-3-31. Creation; staff and equipment generally; State Personnel Board status of personnel
- § 35-3-32. Establishment of council; composition; duties and responsibilities of council generally
- § 35-3-33. Powers and duties of center generally
- § 35-3-34. [Effective July 1, 2026] Disclosure and dissemination of criminal records to private persons and businesses; resulting responsibility and liability of issuing center; provision of certain information to the FBI in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
- § 35-3-34.1. Circumstances when exonerated first offender’s criminal record may be disclosed
- § 35-3-34.2. [Effective July 1, 2026] Exchange of national criminal history background checks on providers of care to children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities
- § 35-3-35. [Effective July 1, 2026] Disclosure and dissemination of records to public agencies and political subdivisions; responsibility and liability of issuing center
- § 35-3-35.1. Superseded
- § 35-3-36. Information to be submitted to center; uniform crime reports
- § 35-3-37. Criminal history record information; review; corrections; restriction of access for certain dispositions
- § 35-3-38. Unauthorized requests or disclosures of criminal history record information; disclosure of techniques used to ensure security or privacy of criminal history records
- § 35-3-39. Effect of neglect or refusal of official to act as required by article
- § 35-3-39.1. National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; ratification; criminal history records repository
- § 35-3-40. Construction of article
