Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 7. STATE COURTS OF COUNTIES · Article 3. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

15-7-47. Court reporters and 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.

(a)
State courts shall make available for the reporting of civil and criminal trials a court reporter, as defined in Code Section 15-14-22, or 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 State Court Judges of Georgia, subject to the laws governing same in the superior courts of this state, or both. Except as provided in subsection (k) of Code Section 5-6-41, the judge shall have discretion as to whether to use a digital recording system, as defined in Code Section 15-14-22.#
(b)
Reporting of any trial may be waived by consent of the parties.#
(c)
Appointment of a court reporter or reporters, as defined in Article 2 of Chapter 14 of this title, for court proceedings in each court shall be made by the judge thereof; the compensation and allowances of reporters for the courts shall be paid by the county governing authority and shall be the same as that for reporters of the superior courts of this state.#

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

Code 1981, § 15-7-47, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1419, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1315, § 5; Ga. L. 2025, p. 151, § 2-2/HB 179, effective January 1, 2026.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 15-7-47 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, rewrote subsection (a).

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No longer in force as printed (Effective until January 1, 2026.)

(a)
Court reporting personnel shall be made available for the reporting of civil and criminal trials in state courts, subject to the laws governing same in the superior courts of this state.#
(b)
Reporting of any trial may be waived by consent of the parties.#
(c)
Appointment of a court reporter or reporters, as defined in Article 2 of Chapter 14 of this title, for court proceedings in each court shall be made by the judge thereof; the compensation and allowances of reporters for the courts shall be paid by the county governing authority and shall be the same as that for reporters of the superior courts of this state.#

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

Code 1981, § 15-7-47, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1419, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1315, § 5.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 15-7-47 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-ch1-11a-(v13)-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, 2025 supplement, page 88; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 d86fd6e4449f.

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