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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 14. COURT REPORTERS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-14-2. Power of city court judges to appoint court reporters; compensation; utilization of digital recording systems.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Effective January 1, 2026.In force today: Effective January 1, 2026.
  1. (a)

    The judges of the city courts of this state having concurrent jurisdiction with the superior courts of this state to try misdemeanor cases and to try civil cases where the amount involved exceeds $500.00, where not otherwise specifically provided for by law, may appoint an official court reporter, as defined in Code Section 15-14-22, whose compensation for reporting criminal and civil cases and for attendance upon court shall be the same as provided by the Judicial Council pursuant to Code Section 15-5-21. Except as provided in subsection (k) of Code Section 5-6-41, the judges may also provide for the recording of cases via a digital recording system, as defined in Code Section 15-14-22, and as provided for by uniform court rules adopted and published by order of the Supreme Court with the advice and consent of the council of the affected class or classes of trial courts. The court reporter reporting and transcribing civil cases shall be paid by the party or parties requesting the reporting or transcribing.#

  2. (b)

    This Code section shall not apply to the city courts of this state where provision has been made by law prior to February 13, 1950, for the appointment of the official reporters of city courts.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1950, p. 149, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1315, § 6; Ga. L. 2025, p. 151, § 2-5/HB 179, effective January 1, 2026.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 15-14-2 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective January 1, 2026. For version effective until January 1, 2026, see the preceding version.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective January 1, 2026, in subsection (a), substituted “Code Section 15-14-22” for “Article 2 of this chapter” in the first sentence and added the second sentence.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t15-ch12-25-(v13a)-pdf.pdf, Volume V13A, 2015 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 35 to 36; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 0e20c65a2dee.

Effective until January 1, 2026.No longer in force as printed (Effective until January 1, 2026.)
  1. (a)

    The judges of the city courts of this state having concurrent jurisdiction with the superior courts of this state to try misdemeanor cases and to try civil cases where the amount involved exceeds $500.00, where not otherwise specifically provided for by law, may appoint an official court reporter, as defined in Article 2 of this chapter, whose compensation for reporting criminal and civil cases and for attendance upon court shall be the same as provided by the Judicial Council pursuant to Code Section 15-5-21. The court reporter reporting and transcribing civil cases shall be paid by the party or parties requesting the reporting or transcribing.#

  2. (b)

    This Code section shall not apply to the city courts of this state where provision has been made by law prior to February 13, 1950, for the appointment of the official reporters of city courts.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1950, p. 149, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1315, § 6.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 15-14-2 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective until January 1, 2026. For version effective January 1, 2026, see the following version.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t15-ch12-25-(v13a)-pdf.pdf, Volume V13A, 2015 edition, 2025 supplement, page 35; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 0e20c65a2dee.