Transfer Officials

When an official who has been officiating high school athletics in another state moves to Georgia, he/she should contact the former state high school association to have them send a record of his/her current status, years of service, recent test scores, and a record of recent clinic attendance. After the GHSA receives this information, an assessment of the official's status will be made. Applicants will be rated "Registered" until records are received from the previous state. As a general rule, Certified officials will be listed as "second-year Approved" until they have met the Georgia criteria for one year – then they will be moved to "Certified" status.