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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-5-40. Letter-sized paper to be accepted.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-5-40. Letter-sized paper to be accepted.

Any pleading or other document filed in any court of record may be prepared on letter-sized paper; and no clerk of any court of record shall refuse to accept for filing any pleading or other document for the reason that it is on letter-sized paper.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-5-40, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 531, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 15.

## Cross References

Format of documents, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 17. Filing with clerk’s office, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 1.