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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 ...
, No. 18-1150, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding "whether the government edicts doctrine extends to—and thus renders uncopyrightable—works that lack the force of law, such as the annotations in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated" [1] (OCGA).
The Georgia Code Revision Commission oversees the publication of the O.C.G.A., [2] which is published by LexisNexis. [1] The O.C.G.A. was first adopted in 1981 and became effective in November 1982; previously, Harrison's Georgia Code Annotated (a.k.a. the Code of 1933) was the only published code. [1]
From the Code of 1650 to the Revision of 1958 (revised to January 1, 2017), 16 complete revisions have been done. From 1918 to 1972, revision updates were carried out by means of supplements. [2] General Statutes of Connecticut Delaware: Delaware Code: 1953: Delaware Code District of Columbia: Code of the District of Columbia
OCGA may refer to: Official Code of Georgia Annotated; Ontario Charitable Gaming Association This page was last edited on 29 December 2019, at 15:30 (UTC). Text is ...
[2] A person may have a small tape recorder with a microphone (like a lapel mike) attached somewhere on their person whether visible or not. It is legal to record a conversation they have without the other party's consent. This is because the recorder is consenting to the recording and Georgia state recording law is a one party consent rule. [2]
The Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act is a law in the U.S. state of Georgia that makes a form of racketeering a felony. [1] Originally passed on March 20, 1980, it is known for being broader than the corresponding federal law, such as not requiring a monetary profit to have been made via the action for it to be a crime.
The Court of Appeals of Georgia is one of the busiest state appellate courts in the nation. In 2019, the court disposed of 2,445 direct appeals [11] and 836 applications, [12] or requests to file direct appeals. The 1996 statute that increased the number of judges to ten also changed the process by which cases would be decided in the event of a ...