---
title: Title 5, Chapter 4. Certiorari to Superior Court
collection: code
id: code:chapter:5-4
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/5/chapter/4
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4.md
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/5.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-3.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-5.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
heading: CERTIORARI TO SUPERIOR COURT
title_heading: APPEAL AND ERROR
section_count: 20
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4.md?full=1
---

# Title 5, Chapter 4. Certiorari to Superior Court

Title 5. Appeal and Error

20 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 5-4-1, When certiorari shall lie; exception, reserved through 5-4-20 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-1.md
- 5-4-2, Petition for certiorari to probate judge generally, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-2.md
- 5-4-3, Petition for certiorari to inferior judicatories generally, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-3.md
- 5-4-4, Petition for certiorari in appeal case tried by jury in justice of the peace court generally, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-4.md
- 5-4-5, Bond and security required; certificate of payment of costs; oath of security; affidavit of indigence, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-5.md
- 5-4-6, Time for application for writ; filing of petition; service of petition and writ, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-6.md
- 5-4-7, Time for filing of answer; manner of service; effect of failure to perfect service, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-7.md
- 5-4-8, Writing or dictation of answer by parties, attorneys, or interested persons; when verification required, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-8.md
- 5-4-9, Filing of traverse or exception to answer; perfection of answer, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-9.md
- 5-4-10, Amendment of petition, bond, answer, and traverse, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-10.md
- 5-4-11, Conduct of hearing generally; trial by jury, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-11.md
- 5-4-12, Grounds of error considered generally; scope of review; technical distinctions abolished, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-12.md
- 5-4-13, Grant of writ for failure to prove venue or time of criminal offense, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-13.md
- 5-4-14, Dismissal or return of writ to lower court with instructions; entry by superior court of final decision where no questions of fact involved, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-14.md
- 5-4-15, Requirement of new trial when writ not answered, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-15.md
- 5-4-16, Recovery of costs by plaintiff where certiorari sustained; recovery of costs by plaintiff where certiorari returned to lower court for new trial, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-16.md
- 5-4-17, Recovery of costs by defendant generally, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-17.md
- 5-4-18, Recovery of damages for frivolous certiorari, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-18.md
- 5-4-19, Operation of writ of certiorari as supersedeas in civil cases, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-19.md
- 5-4-20, Supersedeas of criminal conviction; bond; affidavit of indigence; effect of supersedeas, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-4-20.md