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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 5 - APPEAL AND ERROR

CHAPTER 4 - CERTIORARI TO SUPERIOR COURT
§ 5-4-6 - Time for application for writ; filing of petition; service of petition and writ

O.C.G.A. 5-4-6 (2010)
5-4-6. Time for application for writ; filing of petition; service of petition and writ


(a) All writs of certiorari shall be applied for within 30 days after the final determination of the case in which the error is alleged to have been committed. Applications made after 30 days are not timely and shall be dismissed by the court.

(b) The certiorari petition and writ shall be filed in the clerk's office within a reasonable time after sanction by the superior court judge; and a copy shall be served on the respondent, within five days after such filing, by the sheriff or his deputy or by the petitioner or his attorney. A copy of the petition and writ shall also be served on the opposite party or his counsel or other legal representative, in person or by mail; and service shall be shown by acknowledgment or by certificate of the counsel or person perfecting the service.