{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-11-20","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 24-11-20","heading":"Establishment of lost office papers.","body":"(a) Upon the loss of any original pleading, declaration, bill of indictment, special presentment, accusation, or other office paper, a duplicate may be established instanter on motion.\n(b) As used in this article, the term “office paper” means the instrument upon which a proceeding has been brought after the case has gone to trial.","path":["TITLE 24 EvidenceCHAPTER 99.","CHAPTER 11 Establishment of Lost Records","Article 2 Private Papers"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.24.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"495058a1e1bb2cf9a383eeced552950a9ecdf31cb2e19cf1cd04e4244963ff59","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-11-3","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-11-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}