---
title: O.C.G.A. § 15-14-36. Penalties for violations.
collection: code
id: 15-14-36
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 15-14-36 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-14-36
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-14-36.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-14-36/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t15-ch12-24-(v13a)-2015-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=cbb30143_0#page=236
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-14.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-14-35.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-14-37.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: COURTS / COURT REPORTERS / TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
---

# O.C.G.A. § 15-14-36. Penalties for violations.

Any person who:

(1) Represents himself or herself as having received a certificate or temporary permit as provided for in this article or practices as a certified court reporter, without having received a certificate or temporary permit;

(2) Continues to practice as a court reporter in this state or uses any title or abbreviation indicating he or she is a certified court reporter, after his or her certificate has been revoked; or

(3) Violates any provision of this article or of subsection (c) or (d) of Code Section 9-11-28

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day of the offense is a separate misdemeanor.

## History

Ga. L. 1974, p. 345, § 14; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1315, § 7; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1007, § 3; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 15.

## Law Reviews

For note on the 1994 amendment of this Code section, see 11 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 58 (1994).