Georgia Magistrates: Georgia Resources

Governor

• Governor's Office
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Administrative Rules and Regulations

• Rules and Regulations of Georgia

Forms

• Downloading Georgia Forms

Administrative Agencies

• Complete List of Administrative Agencies
• Attorney General
  • Attorney General Opinions (Opinion 92-16 - Present)
  • Georgia Government Publications (1882-1976)
  • HeinOnline (1881 - Present) (restricted off-campus access)

• Board of Pardons and Paroles
• Office of the Secretary of State
• Office of State Admin. Hearings 
• Dept. of Corrections Inmate Search
• Dept. of Audits and Accounts Salary Search
• Athens-Clarke County Board of Tax Assessors

Hierarchy of Law in Georgia from the Carl Vinson Institute of Government

Law Schools

• Emory School of Law (Atlanta)
• Georgia State University College of Law (Atlanta)
• John Marshall Law School (Atlanta)
• Mercer Law School (Macon)
• University of Georgia School of Law (Athens)

Bar Association

• State Bar of Georgia
  • Rules of Professional Conduct
  • State Disciplinary Board Formal Advisory Opinions

News

• Atlanta Journal Constitution
• Fulton County Daily Report

Code

• Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.)
  • Unannotated version
  • A recodification of the 1933 code
  • Effective Nov. 1, 1982
• Digests and compilations preceding the code
  • 1799 Watkins Digest of Statutes
  • 1802 Marbury and Crawford's Digest
  • 1812 Compiled Laws
  • 1813 Clayton's Compilation
  • 1821 Lamar's Compilation
  • 1822 Prince's Digest
  • 1831 Foster's Digest
  • 1831 Dawson's Compilation
  • 1837 Prince's Digest
  • 1845 Hotchkiss' Codification
  • 1846 Cobb's (Howell) Analysis of Statutes
  • 1848 Hotchkiss' Codification
  • 1851 Cobb's  (T.R.R.) Digest
    • Vol. 1
    • Vol. 2
  • 1859 Cobb's (Howell) Compilation
• Early Georgia codes
  • 1860 Code
  • 1867 Irwin's Code, Revised edition
  • 1868 Irwin's Code, Revised edition
  • 1873 Irwin's Code, Second edition
  • 1882 Code
  • 1895 Code
    • Vol. 1
    • Vol. 2
    • Vol. 3
    • Vol. 4 (1901 Supplement)
  • 1910 Code
    • Vol. 1
    • Vol. 2
  • 1926 Code
    • 1928 Supplement
    • 1930 Supplement
  • 1933 Code (repealed by 1981 Code)
• Historic Georgia Digests and Codes (Digital Commons)
• State Statutes: A Historical Archive - Georgia (HeinOnline, restricted off-campus access)

Legislature

• General Assembly
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
•  House and Senate journals
  • House Journals 1876-present
  • Senate Journals 1876-present
• Legislative History [Peach Sheets]  (fall issue each year)
• Session Laws
  • pre-2000
  • 2000-present
  • HeinOnline (1735-2010) (restricted off-campus access)

• Georgia Legislative Navigator - a highlight of legislation that is likely to have significant impact on the public. The Members section shows bill sponsorship, recent votes, committee assignments, and top campaign donors. The navigator is updated daily during the legislative session. Look for the Predict-a-bill tool.
• Lawmakers - provides detailed analysis of each day’s legislative sessions. Archived versions of the show are available from 2009.

Constitution

• Georgia Constitutions - includes historical constitutions

Local Government

Court Structures

• Georgia's Court Structure
• State Court Structure Charts
  • Georgia

Administrative Office of the Courts

• Find Your Court

Supreme Court of Georgia

• Recent opinions from the court (2015-present) use the Opinions tab at the top of the page
  • LexisNexis Academic - use Advanced Options to select Georgia
  • LLMC Digital Vols 1-156 (1846-1923)
• All Court Rules 

Court of Appeals of Georgia

• Opinions (2003-present, need case name or docket number)
  • LexisNexis Academic - use Advanced Options to select Georgia
  • LLMC Digital Vols. 1-30 (1907-1923)
• Rules

Superior Courts of Georgia

• Council of Superior Court Judges
• Find a local Superior Court
• Uniform Rules current through Sept. 22, 2016
• Superior Court Clerks Coop. Authority 
  • UCC and real estate data online
• Superior Court opinions and reports in LLMC Digital
  • Superior Court of the Eastern District
    • Thomas Charlton's Reports 1805-1810
    • Robert Charlton's Reports 1811-1837
  • Superior Courts of Law and Chancery
    • Dudley's Reports 1830-1833
  • Superior Court Decisions 1842-1843
• Various other reports in LLMC Digital
  • Gault's Reports 5th ed. (1820-1846)
  • Georgia Law Reporter (1885-1886)
  • Georgia Rpts. Annot. Repr.: The Charltons, Dudley, & GA Dec.

Databases

State Courts

• Council of State Court Judges
• Find a local State Court
• Uniform Rules current through Dec. 15, 2015

Juvenile Courts

• Council of Juvenile Court Judges
• Uniform Rules
• Forms

Probate Courts

• Council of Probate Court Judges
  • Georgia Council of Probate Court Judges
• Uniform Rules
• Forms  (use Standard Forms tab at top of page)

Magistrate Court

• Georgia Magistrate Council
• Uniform Rules
• Forms (civil forms for download)
• Public Form generator

Municipal Court

• Council of Municipal Court Judges
• Uniform Rules

All federal court opinions are available in LexisNexis Academic

Appellate Courts

U.S. Court of Appeals - 11th Circuit

• Rules     
• Opinions
  • Opinions on govinfo (2010 - Present)
• Forms

U.S. District Courts

Middle District

• Local Rules
• Recent Opinions
  • Opinions - from Justia
  • Opinions on govinfo (2004 - Present)
• Forms

Northern District

• Opinions -  from Justia
  • Opinions on govinfo (beginning 2017)
• Local Rules     
• Forms

Southern District

• Rules
• Opinions - from Justia
• Forms

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

Middle District

• Local Rules     
• Opinions (1993 - Present)
  • Opinions on govinfo (2006 - Present)
• Forms

Northern District

• Local Rules 
• Opinions
  • Opinions on govinfo (2016 - Present)
• Forms

Southern District

• Local Rules     
• Opinions
  • Opinions on govinfo (2006 - Present)
• Forms

Miscellaneous

Index to Memorials and Tributes, 256 Ga. XLIII (1995)