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What your state's own remedy is, who decides it, how long it takes, what it costs, and what it does — and does not — do about the separate federal bar. One row for each jurisdiction that we have checked, with its statute and the day we checked it.
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GEORGIA · The state's own restoration route · on Oct 9, 2026

A route exists

In short
Voting is automatic on completion of sentence, but you must re-register with your county registrar. Everything else — jury service, public office, notary, firearms — is a petition. Georgia publishes its fee answer outright: "Is there a fee to apply? No, there is no application fee."
Route
Pardon including the Restoration of the Right to Bear Firearms; also Restoration of Civil and Political Rights
Who decides
State Board of Pardons and Paroles — a board, not the Governor
Waiting period
Firearm rights: free of supervision and/or criminal involvement "for at least five consecutive years thereafter as well as five consecutive years immediately prior to applying"; ten if you are "still required to register on the sex offender registry". This wait has no waiver. Pardon: five and five. Restoration of Civil and Political Rights: two and two. Those two "may be waived if the waiting period is shown to be detrimental to the applicant's livelihood" (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 475-3-.10).
Fee
None — the Board states: "Is there a fee to apply? No, there is no application fee."
What it restores
State firearm rights, by a pardon that expressly includes them
Without this route, does the state firearm bar stay?
Yes
Official form
https://portalapps.pap.state.ga.us/pardon/view/
Effective
—
Next scheduled change
None scheduled in the sources checked
Statute / rule
O.C.G.A. § 16-11-131; § 42-9-42; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 475-3-.10 · Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Checked
Verified Sep 19, 2026
What changed →

State law, with its statute and check date. We do not tell you whether your state's remedy cures your federal bar — that turns on your own facts and on federal case law, and it is the question to take to an attorney. Information only, not legal advice.

Sources

  1. 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(20) — official text — checked Oct 8, 2026
  2. 27 CFR 478.11 — definitions — checked Oct 8, 2026
  3. DOJ — 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4) and mental health — checked Oct 8, 2026
  4. DOJ — Frequently asked questions — checked Oct 8, 2026