Georgia § 42-8-40 - Confidentiality of reports, files, records, and other information related to supervision; exemption from subpoena; declassification.
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§ 42-8-40. Confidentiality of reports, files, records, and other information related to supervision; exemption from subpoena; declassification.
All reports, files, records, and information of whatever kind relative to the supervision of probationers and parolees are declared to be confidential and shall be available only to the probation system officials, the judge handling a particular case, the Board of Community Supervision, DCS, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, as appropriate. Such reports, files, records, and information shall not be subject to process of subpoena; provided, however, that the commissioner of community supervision may by written order declassify any such records. (Ga. L. 1956, p. 27, § 19; Ga. L. 1958, p. 15, § 11; Ga. L. 2003, p. 421, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 620, § 1/SB 214; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 4-1/HB 310.) The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, rewrote this Code section. See Editor's notes for applicability. Cross references. - Inspection of public records generally, § 50-18-70 et seq. Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date." Law reviews. - For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 231 (2015).
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