Whether you are dealing with a serious injury or a serious felony charge, the firm’s two practices address different needs. For a crash-related records search, the relevant starting point depends on which agency investigated the incident. The firm’s office is in Valdosta, and it serves clients statewide in Georgia.
Practical details to gather
- Note the incident’s city or county and date.
- Record the report number, if known.
- Identify the specific report, photograph, or other record you are seeking.
- For a crash, first confirm which agency investigated it; the Hiram State Patrol post is not proof of who handled a particular incident.
- For a Georgia State Patrol-investigated crash, consider contacting a State Patrol post or the DPS Open Records Unit.
- Check whether the report type is among the DPS-prepared records available through EPORTS before relying on that source.
- Keep personal-injury concerns and criminal-defense concerns distinct when describing the matter in an initial conversation with the firm.
Personal injury and criminal defense
Jody D. Peterman, LLC offers personal-injury representation for people seriously injured because of another party’s negligence. That work is distinct from criminal defense: the firm describes its criminal-defense practice as representing clients facing serious felony charges in Georgia.
The firm describes the first conversation as an opportunity to understand the general nature of a matter and identify appropriate next steps. Bring the papers you already have and the questions they raise about the injury or charge.
Official resources: Personal injury and criminal defense services
A Georgia firm serving Hiram
Jody D. Peterman, LLC lists its office in Valdosta and statewide Georgia service. Its personal-injury offering concerns serious injury caused by another party’s negligence; its criminal-defense offering concerns serious felony charges in Georgia.
Keep papers from the investigating agency together with their report numbers, dates and location details. In your notes, identify a charge-related question separately from a question about a crash report or other incident record.
Official resources: Firm contact and Valdosta office; Personal injury and criminal defense services
State Patrol Post 29 at a Hiram address
DPS lists State Patrol Post 29 - Paulding at 1723 Bill Carruth Parkway, Hiram, Georgia 30141, telephone 770-222-6174. Retain the full State Patrol post label alongside that address and number.
For a crash investigated by the Georgia State Patrol, DPS says readers may contact a local State Patrol Post or its Open Records Unit. Keep the investigating agency named on your own paperwork with the crash details when identifying this conditional DPS records route.
Official resources: DPS State Patrol Post directory; DPS records requests for GSP investigations
Choosing a DPS records route
The DPS-linked EPORTS FAQ describes available DPS-prepared citations, incident reports, and crash reports. It distinguishes those from similar reports prepared by municipal or county police, sheriffs, or other state agencies, which the FAQ says are not available through EPORTS.
DPS directs requests for its photographs or other related records to the Open Records Unit. Its records-request page asks requesters to provide identifying incident details, including the records sought, incident city or county, date, and report number if known; the listed primary telephone is (404) 624-7591. The EPORTS landing page directs requests for additional records to openrecords@gsp.net.
Official resources: DPS EPORTS report coverage; DPS records requests for GSP investigations; DPS EPORTS additional-records contact
Questions about Hiram
Where can I start when seeking a Georgia State Patrol crash report connected to Hiram?
For a crash investigated by the Georgia State Patrol, DPS says readers may contact a State Patrol post or its Open Records Unit. DPS lists Post 29 - Paulding at 1723 Bill Carruth Parkway, Hiram, Georgia 30141, telephone 770-222-6174; its Open Records Unit primary telephone is (404) 624-7591.
How do EPORTS and the DPS Open Records Unit differ for crash-related records?
The DPS-linked EPORTS FAQ describes available DPS-prepared citations, incident reports, and crash reports. It says similar reports prepared by municipal or county police, sheriffs, or other state agencies are not available through EPORTS. For additional records, the EPORTS landing page directs requests to openrecords@gsp.net; DPS also directs requests for its photographs or other related records to the Open Records Unit.
General information about legal services and local resources. A lawyer must review the facts and applicable law for your matter. Contacting the firm does not by itself create an attorney-client relationship.