Law of Georgia (U.S. state)

The Official Code of Georgia Annotated forms the general statutory law.

Pursuant to the state constitution, the Georgia General Assembly has enacted legislation.

[1] The Georgia Code Revision Commission oversees the publication of the O.C.G.A.,[2] which is published by LexisNexis.

was first adopted in 1981 and became effective in November 1982; previously, Harrison's Georgia Code Annotated (a.k.a.

[1] Pursuant to certain statutes, state agencies have promulgated bodies of regulations (sometimes called administrative law).

[5] The Georgia Constitution grants cities and counties a significant amount of home rule authority.

Cover of volume 1 of the 2007 edition of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated