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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-9-40. Filing and recording of proceedings.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-9-40. Filing and recording of proceedings.

The proceedings shall always be kept on file; and, whenever the final order is granted, the proceedings shall be recorded in a book to be kept for such purpose.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 4017; Code 1868, § 4046; Code 1873, § 4117; Code 1882, § 4117; Civil Code 1895, § 4257; Civil Code 1910, § 4815; Code 1933, § 24-2109; Ga. L. 2018, p. 356, § 1-22/SB 436.

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, substituted ‘‘such purpose’’ for ‘‘that purpose, for which the judge of the probate court shall receive the same fees as are allowed clerks of the superior courts for similar services’’ at the end.

## Cross References

Limitation of access to probate court files, Uniform Rules for the Probate Courts, Rule 17.