Any person affected by a final order of the administrator may file in the superior court of the county of the residence of the respondent a certified copy of a final order of the administrator unappealed from or of a final order of the administrator affirmed upon appeal, whereupon said court shall render judgment in accordance therewith and notify the parties. Such judgment shall have the same effect and all proceedings in relation thereto shall thereafter be the same as though the judgment had been rendered in an action duly heard and determined by the court.
(Code 1981, §8-3-216, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1284, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1840, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 603, § 7/HB 969.)