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2018 Georgia Code 38-3-62 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 38 MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Section 3. Emergency Management, 38-3-1 through 38-3-191.

ARTICLE 3 EMERGENCY POWERS

38-3-62. Suspension or tolling of deadlines and time schedules in event of judicial emergency.

An authorized judicial official in an order declaring a judicial emergency, or in an order modifying or extending a judicial emergency order, is authorized to suspend, toll, extend, or otherwise grant relief from deadlines or other time schedules or filing requirements imposed by otherwise applicable statutes, rules, regulations, or court orders, whether in civil or criminal cases or administrative matters, including, but not limited to:

  1. A statute of limitation;
  2. The time within which to issue a warrant;
  3. The time within which to try a case for which a demand for speedy trial has been filed;
  4. The time within which to hold a commitment hearing;
  5. A deadline or other schedule regarding the detention of a juvenile;
  6. The time within which to return a bill of indictment or an accusation or to bring a matter before a grand jury;
  7. The time within which to file a writ of habeas corpus;
  8. The time within which discovery or any aspect thereof is to be completed;
  9. The time within which to serve a party;
  10. The time within which to appeal or to seek the right to appeal any order, ruling, or other determination; and
  11. Such other legal proceedings as determined to be necessary by the authorized judicial official.

(Code 1981, §38-3-62, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 420, § 3; Ga. L. 2006, p. 893, § 6/HB 1421.)

Cases Citing Georgia Code 38-3-62 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 6

Garrison v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2024-08-13

Citation: 905 S.E.2d 629, 319 Ga. 711

Snippet: things, “[a] statute of limitation[.]” OCGA § 38-3- 62 (a) (1). Once the authorized judicial official

Golden v. Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2024-07-02

Citation: 904 S.E.2d 359, 319 Ga. 496

Snippet: citing as the basis of his authority, OCGA § 38-3-62. As pertinent here, the March 14 Order provided:

Vendrel v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2024-02-06

Citation: 897 S.E.2d 751, 318 Ga. 233

Snippet: as extended in subsequent orders. See OCGA § 38-3-62 (a) (10). Pursuant to the Chief Justice’s contends

Mobuary v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2021-08-24

Citation: 312 Ga. 337

Snippet: as extended in subsequent orders. See OCGA § 38-3-62 (a) (10). Pursuant to the Chief Justice’s July

Mobuary v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2021-08-24

Snippet: as extended in subsequent orders. See OCGA § 38-3-62 (a) (10). Pursuant to the Chief Justice’s July

Harper v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2021-01-11

Snippet: the “time within which to appeal.” See OCGA § 38-3-62 (10). Appellant’s notice of appeal, which was filed