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title: Title 5, Chapter 3. Superior and State Court Appellate Practice
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date: 2025
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heading: SUPERIOR AND STATE COURT APPELLATE PRACTICE
title_heading: APPEAL AND ERROR
section_count: 31
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# Title 5, Chapter 3. Superior and State Court Appellate Practice

Title 5. Appeal and Error

31 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 5-3-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-1.md
- 5-3-2, Legislative findings and intent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-2.md
- 5-3-3, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-3.md
- 5-3-4, Jurisdiction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-4.md
- 5-3-5, Obligations of court; de novo proceedings; jury trials, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-5.md
- 5-3-6, Petitioning for review, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-6.md
- 5-3-7, Governing practices and procedures; time for petitioning for review; parties; requirements of petition; amendable defects; service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-7.md
- 5-3-8, Filing of response; timing; amendment; service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-8.md
- 5-3-9, Management of court proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-9.md
- 5-3-10, Manner for service of process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-10.md
- 5-3-11, Extension of filing deadlines, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-11.md
- 5-3-12, Requirements for dismissal by reviewing court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-12.md
- 5-3-13, Filings in court with appropriate venue and jurisdiction; transfers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-13.md
- 5-3-14, Audio or video recording, reporting, or transcription; expense of preparation; transcripts prepared from recollection; corrections; stipulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-14.md
- 5-3-15, Transmittal of court records to reviewing court; petitions; orders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-15.md
- 5-3-16, Payment of costs; affidavit of indigency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-16.md
- 5-3-17, Supersedeas bonds; requirements; forfeiture, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-17.md
- 5-3-18, Final decision by reviewing court; service; appeals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-18.md
- 5-3-19, Status after dismissal or withdrawal of petition for review, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-19.md
- 5-3-20, Attorney’s fees and expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-20.md
- 5-3-21, Awarding of costs; entering of judgments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-21.md
- 5-3-22, Payment of costs prerequisite to appeal; affidavit of indigence; dismissal for nonpayment following court order; supersedeas bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-22.md
- 5-3-23, Signature on bond of attorney at law or in fact, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-23.md
- 5-3-24, Exemption of executors, administrators, and trustees from paying costs and giving bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-24.md
- 5-3-25, Appeal by partners or joint contractors; signature on bond; appeal by corporation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-25.md
- 5-3-26, Requirement of written defenses in appeal from justice of the peace court; right to amend pleadings, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-26.md
- 5-3-27, Amendments to cure defects, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-27.md
- 5-3-28, Transmittal of record and transcripts to superior court; issuance of orders and writs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-28.md
- 5-3-29, De novo investigation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-29.md
- 5-3-30, Calendaring appeal; waiver of trial by jury; monetary limitations inapplicable, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-30.md
- 5-3-31, Damages assessed for frivolous appeals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3-31.md