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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-5-111. Duties of Administrative Office of the Courts in protecting judicial personally identifiable information.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-5-111. Duties of Administrative Office of the Courts in protecting judicial personally identifiable information.

The Administrative Office of the Courts shall:

(1) Establish a method for obtaining information from the Administrative Office of the United States Courts as necessary for purposes of this article;

(2) Develop a form for a protected person to use when requesting the restriction from public disclosure of personally identifiable information pursuant to this article. Such form may include a process for verification of the election or appointment of such person as a judge or justice of this state or the United States or verification of such person’s status as the spouse of a person serving as a judge or justice of this state or the United States;

(3) Make the form provided for in paragraph (2) of this Code section available to protected persons on its public website; and

(4) Coordinate state-wide training and information sharing related to security procedure and practices relative to the judicial branch of government.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-5-111, enacted by Ga. L. 2024, p. 733, § 1/SB 508, effective July 1, 2025; Ga. L. 2025, p. 802, § 1/HB 199, effective July 1, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, rewrote this Code section.