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title: Title 5, Chapter 6. Certiorari and Appeals to Appellate Courts Generally
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date: 2025
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heading: CERTIORARI AND APPEALS TO APPELLATE COURTS GENERALLY
title_heading: APPEAL AND ERROR
section_count: 39
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# Title 5, Chapter 6. Certiorari and Appeals to Appellate Courts Generally

Title 5. Appeal and Error

39 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 5-6-1, Appearance before court of interested third parties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-1.md
- 5-6-2, Disposition of transcript in appellate court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-2.md
- 5-6-3, Filing of briefs on court order where cases not disposed of during term; additional argument; effect of failure to comply with order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-3.md
- 5-6-4, Bill of costs; payment of costs; exceptions to payment; prerequisite to receipt of application for appeal or brief by clerk, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-4.md
- 5-6-5, Entry of judgment for costs on reversal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-5.md
- 5-6-6, Damages for frivolous appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-6.md
- 5-6-7, No decisions to be rendered ore tenus; publication of judgments and opinions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-7.md
- 5-6-8, Entry of decision on minutes; directions to lower court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-8.md
- 5-6-9, Transmittal of opinion to lower court generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-9.md
- 5-6-10, Transmittal of remittitur to lower court generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-10.md
- 5-6-11, Issuance of remittitur in cases involving death penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-11.md
- 5-6-12, Cessation of supersedeas and issuance of execution upon affirmance of judgment of lower court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-12.md
- 5-6-13, Granting of supersedeas in cases of contempt, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-13.md
- 5-6-14, Execution of extraordinary orders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-14.md
- 5-6-15, Certiorari from Supreme Court to Court of Appeals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-15.md
- 5-6-16, Time for appeal by personal representative where party dies after trial; effect of entry of appeal and of failure to enter appeal; when appeal heard, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-16.md
- 5-6-30, Purpose of article; construction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-30.md
- 5-6-31, Entry of judgment defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-31.md
- 5-6-32, Manner of service of notices and other papers upon parties; waiver or acknowledgment of service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-32.md
- 5-6-33, Right of appeal generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-33.md
- 5-6-34, Judgments and rulings deemed directly appealable; procedure for review of judgments, orders, or decisions not subject to direct appeal; review of certain pretrial proceedings; appeal of certain relief in child custody cases, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-34.md
- 5-6-35, Cases requiring application for appeal; requirements for application; procedure; timing; effect, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-35.md
- 5-6-36, Filing of motion for new trial and motion for judgment notwithstanding verdict where appeal taken from judgment, ruling, or order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-36.md
- 5-6-37, Filing and contents of notice of appeal; service of notice upon parties to appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-37.md
- 5-6-38, Time of filing notice of appeal; cross appeal; record and transcript for cross appeal; division of costs; appeals in capital offense cases for which death penalty is sought, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-38.md
- 5-6-39, Extensions of time for filing notice of appeal, notice of cross appeal, transcript of evidence, designation of record and other similar motions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-39.md
- 5-6-39.1, Out-of-time motion for new trial or notice of appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-39.1.md
- 5-6-40, Enumeration of errors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-40.md
- 5-6-41, Reporting, preparation, and disposition of transcript; corrections; preparation from recollections; filing of disallowed papers; filing of stipulations; expense, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-41.md
- 5-6-42, Procedure for preparation and filing of transcript of evidence and proceedings where appellant designates matter to be omitted from record on appeal; extensions of time for completion of transcript, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-42.md
- 5-6-43, Preparation and transmittal of record on appeal by court clerk; retention of copy by clerk; furnishing at no cost to Attorney General in capital cases; notification where defendant confined to jail, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-43.md
- 5-6-44, Authorization and procedure generally for filing of joint appeals, motions for new trial, and other motions; division of costs between parties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-44.md
- 5-6-45, Operation of notice of appeal as supersedeas in criminal cases; bond; review, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-45.md
- 5-6-46, Operation of notice of appeal as supersedeas in civil cases; requirement of supersedeas bond or other security; fixing of amount; procedure upon no or insufficient filing; effect of bond as to liability of surety; punitive damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-46.md
- 5-6-47, Operation of notice of appeal and affidavit of indigence as supersedeas in civil cases; procedure for contests as to truth of affidavit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-47.md
- 5-6-48, Grounds for dismissal of appeal; amendments; correcting or supplementing record or transcript; effect of dismissal of appeal upon cross appeal; effect of deficiencies upon consideration of appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-48.md
- 5-6-49, Bills of exceptions, exceptions pendente lite, assignments of error abolished; contents of motions for new trial and for j.n.o.v, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-49.md
- 5-6-50, Procedure provided by article supersedes former appellate procedure, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-50.md
- 5-6-51, Forms, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/5-6-51.md