{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-16-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 36-16-2","heading":"Receipt of historical data for preservation in container.","body":"The judge of the probate court of the county shall be required to receive from any responsible citizen or citizens any data of a historical nature and place the same on file in the historical container provided for in Code Section 36-16-1, for safe preservation and historical reference. The matter to be entered for preservation must be of general interest and not of a personal nature; it may include records, proceedings, or minutes of any religious body or organization; school records not otherwise preserved; records of civic, patriotic, or fraternal organizations; and records of purely community affairs when of such nature as to be of general interest and not otherwise recorded by court procedure.","path":["TITLE 36 Local Government","Provisions Applicable to Counties Only","CHAPTER 16 County Historical Container"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.36.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":"086b410373bd5456880dba0634d6ec9e8c54a2104c3efccc510399c8a111518b","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-16-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-16-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}