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# O.C.G.A. § 5-4-1 through 5-4-20. When certiorari shall lie; exception.

No text is printed for this reserved section through 5-4-20.

## History

Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 523; Laws 1811, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 523, 524; Laws 1838, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 528; Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 529; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 233, § 16; Ga. L. 1857, p. 104, § 2; Ga. L. 1858, p. 88, § 1; Ga. L. 1861, p. 63, § 1; Orig. Code 1863, §§ 2861, 3957, 3958, 3960, 3957, 3962–3965, 3968–3973, 3975–3978; Code 1868, §§ 2869, 3977, 3978, 3980, 3982–3985, 3988–3993, 3995–3999; Code 1873, §§ 2920, 4049, 4050, 4052, 4054–4057, 4060–4065, 4067–4071; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 153, § 7; Code 1882, §§ 2920, 4049, 4050, 4052, 4054–4057, 4060–4065, 4067–4071; Ga. L. 1889, p. 84, § 1; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3771, 4634, 4635, 4637, 4639–4642, 4644–4650, 4652–4656; Ga. L. 1897, p. 33, § 1; Ga. L. 1899, p. 38, § 1; Ga. L. 1902, p. 105, § 1; Ga. L. 1909, p. 148, §§ 1-3; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4365, 5180, 5151, 5180, 5183, 5185–5188, 5191–5199, 5201–5205; Ga. L. 1911, p. 149, § 1; Ga. L. 1918, p. 124, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1924, p. 59, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, §§ 19-101, 19-201, 19-203, 19-206–19-210, 19-213–19-216, 19-301–19-303, 19-401–19-404, 19-501–19-505; Ga. L. 1933, p. 113, § 1; Ga. L. 1961, p. 190, §§ 2, 3, 5–9; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 5; Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, § 3; repealed by Ga. L. 2022, p. 767, § 1-2/HB 916, effective July 1, 2023.

## Editor's Notes

Former Code Section 5-4-4 (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 142, § 1; Code 1882, § 4157j; Civil Code 1895, § 4149; Civil Code 1910, § 4749; Code 1933, § 19-204), relating to petition for certiorari in appeal case tried by jury in justice of the peace court generally, was repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-2, effective July 1, 1983.

This chapter consisted of Code Sections 5-4-1 through 5-4-20, relating to certiorari to superior court.

Ga. L. 2022, p. 767, § 1-2/HB 916, reserved the designation of this chapter, effective July 1, 2023.

Ga. L. 2022, p. 767, § 3-1/HB 916, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the repeal of this chapter shall apply to petitions for review filed in superior or state court on or after July 1, 2023.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 383 (1986). For survey of 1995 Eleventh Circuit cases on trial practice and procedure, see 47 Mercer L. Rev. 907 (1996). For annual survey of law on administrative law, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2010).