(a) Upon the loss of any original pleading, declaration, bill of indictment, special presentment, accusation, or other office paper, a duplicate may be established instanter on motion.(b) As used in this article, the term 'office paper' means the instrument upon which a proceeding has been brought after the case has gone to trial.Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
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