GA · rules
Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R. 36.13
Filing Requirements–Criminal
All indictments, no bills, and accusations presented to the clerk shall be filed and should be
accompanied by all applicable documents including arrest warrants, if issued, and the Georgia
Crime Information Center OBTS form, if the offense is one for which an OBTS form is
applicable.
Pursuant to OCGA § 15-6-11, the chief superior court judge of each judicial circuit shall assist
the superior court clerks and prosecutors within the judicial circuit with the implementation and
continued maintenance of uniform standards for the creation and transmission of criminal history
data by and between local and state criminal justice agencies. A superior court judge may order
any party to provide data needed by a clerk or a prosecutor to facilitate transmission of data.
Each judicial circuit or counties in each judicial circuit shall have an agreed-upon compliance
protocol that outlines the timely production of criminal data to include provisions for the
accuracy, completeness, uniformity, integration, accessibility, and security of said data and based
on approved state standards and data elements. Such protocol shall be reviewed at least
biennially and updated as needed.
History
Amended effective July 25, 2024.
Provenance
- Source
- georgiasuperiorcourts.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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