These rules and any amendments to these rules shall be published in the advance sheets to the Georgia Reports. Unless otherwise provided, the effective date of any amendment to these rules is the date of publication in the advance sheets to the Georgia Reports.
Rule 1.7.Publication of Rules and Amendments
Rule 1. PREAMBLE · Last amended 1990 · Last verified July 17, 2026
In one sentenceRule 1.7 requires that the Uniform Superior Court Rules and any amendments to them be published in the advance sheets to the Georgia Reports, and, unless the amendment specifies a different effective date, fixes the publication date in the advance sheets as the date the amendment takes effect.
Full Text of Rule 1.7
Plain-English Summary
Rule 1.7 answers a question that matters every time the rules change: where do you find the current text, and when does a change start applying? The rule and any amendments to it are published in the advance sheets to the Georgia Reports — the same official vehicle that carries new appellate decisions to the bar.
The default effective date follows from that publication. Unless an amendment says otherwise, it takes effect on the date it is published in the advance sheets, giving attorneys and courts a fixed, verifiable point they can rely on instead of guessing at when a change to the rules became binding.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are the Uniform Superior Court Rules and their amendments published?
In the advance sheets to the Georgia Reports.
When does an amendment to the rules take effect by default?
On the date it is published in the advance sheets to the Georgia Reports, unless otherwise provided.
Can an amendment set its own effective date instead of the publication date?
Yes — Rule 1.7 applies “unless otherwise provided,” so an amendment can specify a different effective date.
When was Rule 1.7 itself last amended?
June 7, 1990.
Does Rule 1.7 cover only future amendments or the rules as a whole?
Both — the text covers “these rules and any amendments to these rules.”
Amendment History
Amended effective June 7, 1990.
Source & verification. Rule text and amendment history are
reproduced verbatim from the Uniform Superior Court Rules, published by the
Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia. Last verified July 17, 2026.
· Official source
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