2025 Code of Georgia
Title 5 - Appeal and Error (Chs. 1 — 7)
Chapter 3 - Superior and State Court Appellate Practice (§§ 5-3-1 — 5-3-21)

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Notes

This chapter became effective July 1, 2023. for applicability.

Ga. L. 2022, p. 767, § 3-1/HB 916, not codified by the General Assembly, makes this chapter applicable to petitions for review filed in superior or state court on or after July 1, 2023.

Ga. L. 2022, p. 767, § 1-1/HB 916, effective July 1, 2023, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of Code Sections 5-3-1 through 5-3-8 (Article 1), and 5-3-20 through 5-3-31 (Article 2), relating to appeals to superior or state court, and was based on Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 494, 495; Laws 1805, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 183, 283, 500; Laws 1823, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 497, 498; Laws 1838, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 589; Laws 1839, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 500; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 49, § 1; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 91, § 19; Ga. L. 1859, p. 33, § 5; Code 1863, §§ 3529, 3530, 3533–3542, 3548–3552; Ga. L. 1866, p. 24, § 1; Code 1868, §§ 3552, 3553, 3556–3565, 3571–3575; Ga. L. 1868, p. 131, § 2; Ga. L. 1868, p. 132, § 2; Code 1873, §§ 3610a, 3611, 3613–3622, 3627–3631; Ga. L. 1874, p. 85, § 1; Code 1882, §§ 3610a, 3611, 3613–3621, 3528, 3627, 3629–3631; Civil Code 1895, §§ 4453–4464, 4469–4473; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4998–5009, 5014–5018; Code 1933, §§ 5-101, 6-102–6-108, 6-110–6-113, 6-201, 6-501–6-503, 6-601, 6-602; Ga. L. 1972, p. 738, §§ 1, 3–6, 8; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, §§ 3-1, 3-2, 4-2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1988, p. 253, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 10, § 5; Ga. L. 1998, p. 552, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 5; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1223, § 1; and Ga. L. 2009, p. 647, § 1/HB 324.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Scope of Ga. L. 1966, p. 609, § 1 (see O. C. G. A. C. 11, T. 9) is procedure in trial courts of record, and its rules do not deal with powers of appellate courts. Buckhead Doctors' Bldg., Inc. v. Oxford Fin. Cos., 116 Ga. App. 503, 157 S. E.2d 767, 1967 Ga. App. LEXIS 865 (1967).

Appeals which may be taken to superior courts are limited by O. C. G. A. C. 3, T. 5. Walton County v. Scenic Hills Estates, Inc., 261 Ga. 94, 401 S. E.2d 513, 1991 Ga. LEXIS 104 (1991).

Research References & Practice Aids

Exercise of judicial power, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. IV, Para. I.

Procedure for appeals from decisions of superior court reviewing decisions of lower courts on appeal, § 5-6-35.

Appeals to superior court from final action of Department of Banking and Finance, § 7-1-90.

Description of extent of authority of superior court to exercise appellate jurisdiction and to exercise general supervision over all inferior tribunals, § 15-6-8.

Appeal to superior court from decision of tribunal established to hear matters relating to construction or administration of school law, § 20-2-1160.

Appeals to superior court from decisions of registration officers denying right of voter registration, § 21-2-224.

Appeal to jury in superior court from decision of assessors in condemnation proceedings, § 22-2-80 et seq.

Appeal to superior court from award of special master in condemnation proceeding, § 22-2-112.

Right of appeal to superior court from convictions for traffic offenses, § 40-13-28.

Appeal to superior court from decision of State Board of Equalization, § 48-2-18.

Appeal to superior court from orders, rulings, or findings of state revenue commissioner, § 48-2-59.

Appeal to superior court from final decision by administrative agency in contested case, § 50-13-19.

Power of legislature to require appellate court to review evidence, 19 A. L. R. 744; 24 A. L. R. 1267; 33 A. L. R. 10.

Amendment in appellate court increasing amount claimed beyond, or reducing amount claimed to, jurisdiction of court below, 168 A. L. R. 641.

Defeated party’s payment or satisfaction of, or other compliance with, civil judgment as barring his right to appeal, 39 A. L. R.2d 153.

Appealability of state court’s order granting or denying motion to disqualify attorney, 5 A. L. R.4th 1251.

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