Access Georgia Code Georgia's official code is called the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. The O.C.G.A., including annotations, is available online at NexisUni. The Georgia Code is the compilation of the currently enforcable laws of the state of Georgia.
The Georgia Archives, many libraries, and all Georgia courthouses have the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) and it is available online at: . From the reference(s) in OCGA, check the published laws to determine the Act number and Bill number.
Laws governing entities regulated by the Department are primarily found in Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated ("Code"). Access to the entire Code is provided by LexisNexis from the Georgia General Assembly's website. Go to Code.
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Unlike citations to the U.S. Code which begin with a title number, references to most state codes lead off with the name of the state code (abbreviated): Element (a) - The name of code (abbreviated) followed by a space «e.g.» Iowa Code § 602.1614.
Georgia's legal system is based on common law, which is interpreted by case law through the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, which are published in the Georgia Reports and Georgia Appeals Reports, respectively.
Like South Carolina, many states, including all those whose opinions are published in the South Eastern Reporter (South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and West Virginia), have court rules requiring parallel citation if their cases commonly appear in multiple sources.