Georgia Appellate Practice Handbook - Alston & Bird LLP

GEORGIA APPELLATE PRACTICE HANDBOOK
§ 6.1.1.7 Clerk’s Offi ce Hours and Contact Information
The clerk’s offi ce is open Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30
p.m. E.S.T./E.D.T. 34 The address of the clerk’s offi ce is:
Clerk of Court
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Suite 501
47 Trinity Avenue, S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30334 35
The telephone number of the clerk’s offi ce is (404) 656-3450. 36 The court’s web address
is http://www.gaappeals.us.
The clerk’s offi ce maintains a drop box for fi ling briefs and other documents after business
hours. 37 It is located at the street level entrance to the 47 Trinity Avenue Building, which is generally
open from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. (check the court’s website for current hours). 38 Court personnel will
remove the documents from the drop box each morning and fi le the documents to the prior business
day. 39
§ 6.1.1.8 Costs
The Court of Appeals assesses costs of $300 in civil cases and $80 in criminal cases.
Appellant and appellant’s counsel become liable for costs when the case is docketed, but costs are
to be paid upon fi ling of an actual application or, in direct appeals, upon fi ling of the appellant’s
brief. 40 The clerk will not receive an application or an appellant’s brief until costs have been paid
or waived. 41
34 GA. CT. APP. R. 2(a).
35 Id.
36 Id.
37 GA. CT. APP. R. 4(a).
38 Id.
39 Id.
40 O.C.G.A. § 5-6-4; GA. CT. APP. R. 5. Appeals from probation revocation and juvenile delinquency are
considered “criminal cases” for the purposes of this section. Id.
41 GA. CT. APP. R. 5. Costs are not required to fi le an appellant’s brief in a direct appeal that is fi led pursuant
to an order of the court granting an interlocutory or discretionary application. Id.
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