COURTS Magistrate Courts: Provide for the Filing of Actions, Claims, Answers, Pleadings, Postjudgment Interrogatories, and Other Documents by Electronic Means; Provide for the Electronic Signature and Verification of Such Pleadings and Provide for Methods of Service and Docketing of Such Pleadings; Provide for the Burden of Proof If Authenticity Is Challenged; Provide for the Assessment and collection of Fees in Connection with Such Pleadings

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Scott MastersonFollow

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Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act authorizes electronic filing of actions, claims, answers, pleadings, post-judgment interrogatories, and other documents within the jurisdiction of the magistrate courts. The Act also provides for the use of electronic signatures to verify such electronic pleadings and provides the burden of proof if an electronic document's authenticity is challenged. Further, the Act prescribes fee to be assessed in connection with such documents.

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Scott Masterson, COURTS Magistrate Courts: Provide for the Filing of Actions, Claims, Answers, Pleadings, Postjudgment Interrogatories, and Other Documents by Electronic Means; Provide for the Electronic Signature and Verification of Such Pleadings and Provide for Methods of Service and Docketing of Such Pleadings; Provide for the Burden of Proof If Authenticity Is Challenged; Provide for the Assessment and collection of Fees in Connection with Such Pleadings, 17 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2000).
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