Georgia Public Records
State Level Information
The Georgia Open Records Act also called the Georgia Sunshine Law is a series of statutes that are designed to guarantee the public reasonable access to the public records of government bodies within the state of Georgia. For the purposes of the state of Georgia, public records are considered those that are generated by people in public office during the course of public service as well as "items received or maintained by a private person or entity on behalf of a public office or agency".
In the 1992 case Green v. Drinnon it was ruled that tapes of court proceedings are matters of public record. In another case in the same year, a judge in the Fathers Are Parents Too v. Hunstein case declared that the Sunshine Law does not apply to the judicial branch of government.
Georgia Department of Public SafetyState of Georgia Secretary of State
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Georgia Real Estate Commission
Georgia Department of Revenue
Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia State Veterinary Medical Examining Board
Court Record Resources
The Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) was established in 1973 as an operating division within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) to serve as a central hub and provider of criminal justice information within the state of Georgia. The GCIC maintains a computerized criminal history database that includes both fingerprint and criminal history records of more than 2,600,000 individuals.
Georgia Judicial BranchGeorgia Criminal Justice Commission
Georgia Department of Corrections
Georgia Office of Administrative Hearings
Georgia Department of Health Services
Vital Records Facts
Georgia ArchivesState of Georgia