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The Official Code of Georgia Annotated or OCGA is the compendium of all laws in the state of Georgia. Like other state codes in the United States, its legal interpretation is subject to the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the state's constitution. It is to the state what the U.S. Code is to the federal ...
Cover of volume 1 of the 2007 edition of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. Pursuant to the state constitution, the Georgia General Assembly has enacted legislation.Its session laws are published in the official Georgia Laws, [1] which in turn have been codified in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.). [1]
The Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) is assembled by a state entity called the Code Revision Commission (the Commission) and is the official law of Georgia. The OCGA contains both the official statutes as well as annotations.
Originally published in 1857 by A. O. P. Nicholson, Public Printer, as The Revised Code of the District of Columbia, prepared under the Authority of the Act of Congress, entitled "An act to improve the laws of the District of Columbia, and to codify the same," approved March 3, 1855.
(The Center Square) – Georgia lawmakers will take a closer look at the state's spending thanks to a new law approved by the General Assembly that takes effect Wednesday. The Tax Expenditures ...
Abortion is still legal in Georgia, with a law that bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.. The exact point in a pregnancy at which abortion is no longer legal will vary from person to ...
Second-degree murder is the newest homicide statute in Georgia law, being created in 2014. It is defined as causing the death of another human being while committing second-degree child cruelty, irrespective of malice. The statute was created to address the issue of child deaths caused by intentional abuse (first-degree child cruelty) and ...
State law previously required gun owners to apply for a weapons permit and pass a federal background check before they were authorized to carry a firearm, concealed or otherwise, according to ...