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GA HB977
Bill
Status
Engrossed
2/25/2014
Primary Sponsor
Mike Jacobs
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AI Summary
- Court filings containing social security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, financial account numbers, birthdates, or names of minors must be redacted to show only the last four digits, birth year, or minor's initials, respectively
- Exemptions from redaction apply to financial account numbers in civil forfeiture proceedings, official records of administrative/agency proceedings or other courts, probate court filings, and filings made under seal
- Courts may order filings sealed without redaction, and inadvertent failure to redact is treated as a curable defect that does not prevent a document from being filed
- For good cause, courts may issue protective orders to seal filings with additional personal or confidential information and may limit or prohibit nonparty remote electronic access to filed documents
- Redaction requirements apply to magistrate court filings and take effect July 1, 2014; civil case filing forms must include a filer's acknowledgment that redaction requirements have been satisfied
Legislative Description
Civil practice; provide filings that contain redacted information; provisions
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
2/26/2014
Full Bill Text
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