2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 50 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 50-1-1 — 50-40-84) › Chapter 18 - STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS (§§ 50-18-1 — 50-18-160) › Article 2 - COURT REPORTS (§§ 50-18-20 — 50-18-37) › Section 50-18-31 - Procedure for distribution of reports; discontinuance or resumption of distribution

The reporter shall make distribution of the reports which shall be handled in accordance with this Code section:
(1)
The reporter shall place all orders for the reports with the publisher;
(2)
All volumes distributed within this state to the state or to any of its subordinate departments, agencies, or political subdivisions, or to public officers or public employees within the state, shall be the property of the appropriate public officer or employee during his or her term of office or employment and shall be turned over to his or her successor; and the reporter shall take and retain a receipt from each such public officer or employee acknowledging this fact. The reporter shall at all times use the most economical method of shipment consistent with the safety and security of the volumes; and
(3)
The reporter shall make distributions of the reports in accordance with the following:
Archives, State...............................................
one copy
Court of Appeals of Georgia.......................
23 copies
Executive Department..................................
one copy
House Judiciary Committee.......................
one copy
Law, Department of ......................................
six copies
Legislative Counsel......................................
one copy
Judge of the Probate Court (each county).....................
one copy
Each probate court shall place a written order with the reporter on or before October 1. A written order from a probate court shall remain in effect until changed by a subsequent written order. The reporter shall not provide reports to any probate court without a written order.
Reporter
Assistant reporter's desk.........................
one copy
Copyright.....................................
three copies
Reporter's clerical staff........................
one copy
Reporter's desk........................................
one copy
Secretary of State.......................................
one copy
Senate Judiciary Committee....................
one copy
Superior Courts........................................
one copy
District Attorneys (each).............................
one copy
Judges (each).....................................
one copy
Each superior court judge shall place a written order with the reporter on or before October 1. A written order from a superior court judge shall remain in effect until changed by a subsequent written order. The reporter shall not provide reports to any superior court judge court without a written order.
Supreme Court of Georgia ..................... 18 copies
University of Georgia Law School Library ..................... four copies
Workers' Compensation, State Board of ..................... six copies
The reporter may add additional recipients or additional copies to named recipients upon written order from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 615,§ 8, eff. 6/3/2010.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 456,§ 8, eff. 5/6/2008.