Rule 616-1-3-.24 - Record of Hearings and Trials(a) All rulings, orders, and notices issued by a Tribunal Judge, all pleadings and motions, all recordings or transcripts of oral hearings, trials, or arguments, all written direct testimony, all other data, studies, reports, documentation, information, and other written material of any kind submitted in the proceedings, including but not limited to documents filed under seal, a statement of matters officially noticed, all proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law, and briefs, shall be a part of the record and shall be available to the public, except as provided by law according confidentiality.(b) Except for proceedings of the Small Claims Division, all hearings or trials shall be recorded by electronic means or, if requested by a party, which party shall pay all associated costs, stenographically reported verbatim. Upon written request, an electronic copy of the record of any oral proceeding shall be furnished to any party at the requesting party's expense. If a party desires to have a written transcript made of any hearing or trial, the requesting party shall bear all costs of having such written transcript prepared.(c) All documentary and physical evidence shall be retained by the Clerk unless and until the record is transmitted upon appeal.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 616-1-3-.24
O.C.G.A. §§ 50-13A-14(f), 50-13A-15(b).
Original Rule entitled "Record of Hearings and Trials" adopted. F. Mar. 4, 2015; eff. Mar. 24, 2015