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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-5-112. Restriction of judicial personally identifiable information from public disclosure; enforcement.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-5-112. Restriction of judicial personally identifiable information from public disclosure; enforcement.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 to the contrary, a state or local government entity shall restrict from public disclosure any personally identifiable information that specifically identifies a protected person as a judge, justice, or spouse thereof. The provisions of this subsection shall include, but shall not be limited to, records or filings in the office of the Secretary of State and the State Ethics Commission.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 to the contrary, a state or local government entity that possesses records, filings, or other publicly available content that does not specifically identify a person as a judge, justice, or spouse thereof but that includes personally identifiable information of such a protected person shall, upon request of the protected person, restrict from public disclosure any personally identifiable information. A protected person may request that his or her personally identifiable information be restricted from public disclosure pursuant to this subsection by submitting a request in writing to the state or local government entity on the form provided for in Code Section 15-5-111. A state or local government entity receiving such request shall restrict from public disclosure the personally identifiable information within 30 days of receiving a valid request.

(c) Any protected person may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any officer or employee of the state or local government entity in his or her individual capacity for failure to comply with subsection (a) or (b) of this Code section. Any relief granted by such action shall be limited to injunctive relief.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-5-112, 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.