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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 5. APPEAL AND ERROR · Chapter 3. SUPERIOR AND STATE COURT APPELLATE PRACTICE

5-3-11. Extension of filing deadlines.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Any party requesting a filing deadline extension from the reviewing court shall do so before the expiration of the existing filing period in effect, whether prescribed or extended.#

  2. (b)

    The reviewing court shall only grant one filing deadline extension not to exceed 30 days for the filing of a petition for review under subsection (b) of Code Section 5-3-7. The reviewing court may grant such filing deadline extensions for other documents as may be necessary to permit a just and expeditious review of a petition for review.#

  3. (c)

    The clerk of the reviewing court shall promptly serve all parties and the clerk of the lower judicatory with a copy of:#

    1. (1)

      Any extension granted under this Code section; and#

    2. (2)

      The corresponding motion filed to request such extension.#

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, § 5-3-11, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 767, § 1-1/HB 916.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t4-6-(v4)-pdf.pdf, Volume V4, 2013 edition, 2025 supplement, page 63; merge action: added; file SHA-256 9d1b53199f62.