Georgia Code, Title 5, Chapter 3, Article 2 - Procedure

• § 5-3-20 - Time for Filing Appeals
  (a) Appeals to the superior court shall be filed within 30 days of the date the judgment, order, or decision complained of was entered.(b)...
• § 5-3-21 - Notice of Appeal; Form; Service
  (a) An appeal to the superior court may be taken by filing a notice of appeal with the court, agency, or other tribunal appealed...
• § 5-3-22 - Payment of Costs Prerequisite to Appeal; Affidavit of Indigence; Dismissal for Nonpayment Following Court Order; Supersedeas Bond
  (a) No appeal shall be heard in the superior or state court until any costs which have accrued in the court, agency, or tribunal...
• § 5-3-23 - Signature on Bond of Attorney At Law or in Fact
  If an appeal is entered by the attorney at law or in fact, he may sign the name of the principal to the appeal...
• § 5-3-24 - Exemption of Executors, Administrators, and Trustees From Paying Costs and Giving Bond
  Executors, administrators, and other trustees, when defending an action as such or defending solely the title of the estate, may enter an appeal without...
• § 5-3-25 - Appeal by Partners or Joint Contractors; Signature on Bond; Appeal by Corporation
  When several partners or joint contractors bring or defend an action as such, any one of the partners or joint contractors may enter an...
• § 5-3-26 - Requirement of Written Defenses in Appeal From Justice of the Peace Court; Right to Amend Pleadings
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-2, effective July 1, 1983.
• § 5-3-27 - Amendments to Cure Defects
  No appeal shall be dismissed because of any defect in the notice of appeal, bond, or affidavit of indigence or because of the failure...
• § 5-3-28 - Transmittal of Record and Transcripts to Superior Court; Issuance of Orders and Writs
  (a) Within ten days of the filing of the notice of appeal, it shall be the duty of the judge or other official of...
• § 5-3-29 - De Novo Investigation
  An appeal to the superior court in any case where not otherwise provided by law is a de novo investigation. It brings up the...
• § 5-3-30 - Calendaring Appeal; Waiver of Trial by Jury; Monetary Limitations Inapplicable
  (a) Upon the filing of an appeal from magistrate court to superior court or state court, the appeal shall be placed upon the court's...
• § 5-3-31 - Damages Assessed for Frivolous Appeals
  If upon the trial of any appeal it shall appear to the jury that the appeal was frivolous and intended for delay only, they...

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