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# O.C.G.A. § 5-6-33. Right of appeal generally.

(a)(1) Either party in any civil case and the defendant in any criminal proceeding in the superior, state, or city courts, or in the Georgia State-wide Business Court or the Georgia Tax Court, may appeal from any sentence, judgment, decision, or decree of the court, or of the judge thereof in any matter heard at chambers.

(2) Either party in any civil case in the probate courts provided for by Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 15 may appeal from any judgment, decision, or decree of the court, or of the judge thereof in any matter heard at chambers.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 4160; Code 1868, § 4192; Code 1873, § 4251; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 123, § 1; Code 1882, § 4251; Ga. L. 1887, p. 41, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 5527; Penal Code 1895, § 1070; Civil Code 1910, § 6139; Penal Code 1910, § 1097; Code 1933, § 6-901; Ga. L. 1965, p. 18, § 22; Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, § 5; Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 2-2/HB 239; Ga. L. 2024, p. 888, § 2-3/HB 1267, effective July 1, 2026.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2024, p. 888, § 4-1(a)/HB 1267, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the 2024 amendments to this Code section shall only become effective on July 1, 2026, upon the ratification of a resolution at the November, 2024, state-wide general election that amends the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general law for the establishment of the Georgia Tax Court with state-wide jurisdiction. If such a resolution is not so ratified, then the amendments to this Code section shall not become effective and shall stand repealed on January 1, 2025. The constitutional amendment proposed in Ga. L. 2024, p. 1189, authorizing the establishment of the state-wide Georgia Tax Court, was approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the general election held on November 5, 2024.

## Law Reviews

For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2019).

## Amendments

The 2019 amendment, effective May 7, 2019, inserted “, or in the Georgia State-wide Business Court,” in the middle of paragraph (a)(1).

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2026, inserted “or the Georgia Tax Court” in paragraph (a)(1).

## Delayed Effective Date

Code Section 5-6-33 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective July 1, 2026. For version effective until July 1, 2026, see the preceding version.