Motorcycle Accidents in Augusta, GA

Usually the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, which is the main law enforcement agency for consolidated Augusta-Richmond County. On I-20 or I-520 the Georgia State Patrol may have worked it instead. Georgia crash reports are written on one statewide form and released by the agency that filed them, normally a few days out. If you were carried off by ambulance, an attorney can generally request it for you.

The Richmond County State and Superior Courts. Consolidation means the city and the county share one court system, so an Augusta crash and a crash out in the county end up in the same building. Georgia state court generally handles ordinary injury suits, and superior court takes the more serious ones. If the driver who hit you lives in another county, venue can shift.

Not the other driver's insurer, at least not yet. Georgia doesn't require PIP coverage, so your own health insurance or MedPay usually pays first and the at-fault insurer settles up at the end. Georgia law also generally allows a hospital to file a lien against an injury claim. Keep every bill and every discharge paper. An attorney sorts out that order for you.

In Georgia, the deadline is generally 2 years from the date of the accident. 2 years personal injury; 2 years wrongful death; property damage 4 years. Deadlines are strict — the sooner you act, the more options you have.