{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-2-221","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 24-2-221","heading":"Judicial notice of ordinance or resolution.","body":"When certified by a public officer, clerk, or keeper of county or municipal records in this state in a manner as specified for county records in Code Section 24-9-920 or in a manner as specified for municipal records in paragraph (1) or (2) of Code Section 24-9-902 and in the absence of contrary evidence, judicial notice may be taken of a certified copy of any ordinance or resolution included within a general codification required by paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Code Section 36-80-19 as representing an ordinance or resolution duly approved by the governing authority and currently in force as presented. Any such certified copy shall be self-authenticating and shall be admissible as prima-facie proof of any such ordinance or resolution before any court or administrative body.","path":["TITLE 24 EvidenceCHAPTER 99.","CHAPTER 2 Judicial Notice","Article 2 Legislative Facts; Ordinances or Resolutions"],"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":"c340f18b7a0a3e3aba047f9effb3d1bf4e09e0609d9ebd175478f43e77f807fe","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-2-220","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-3-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}