Rule 67. RECORDS AND TRANSCRIPTS

The record consists of the case papers and exhibits filed in the trial court and designated by the appellant or petitioner to be transmitted to the appellate court in a notice of appeal. The preparation of the record, an index of the designated docket entries ("record index"), and designated transcripts on appeal is the obligation of the clerk of the trial court and questions concerning form or content should be addressed to the trial court in the first instance. Parties should be sure that everything relevant to the issues on appeal and identified in the Notice of Appeal is 50 included initially in the record on appeal in order to obviate the need to supplement the record. The clerk of the trial court shall certify and transmit to the Clerk of this Court copies of the record, the record index, and transcripts as required within the time prescribed by statute. The record shall be transmitted by the trial court clerk or deputy personally through the Supreme Court electronic record access system at http://trial.gasupreme.us/ , by United States mail or express mail, or by a commercial delivery company with charges prepaid. Transmission by a party or attorney is prohibited. In habeas corpus appeals, although electronic transmission is preferred, and copies are preferred in lieu of the original record, the clerk may certify and transmit the original record. See OCGA § 9-14-52(b). The original record will be returned to the trial court.