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O.C.G.A. § 15-12-2 — Legislators excused | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 15-12-2 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 12. Juries, 15-12-1 through 15-12-172.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-12-2. Legislators excused.

Any person summoned to serve as a juror in any court of this state shall be excused from such service during his attendance as a legislator in the General Assembly.

(Ga. L. 1905, p. 93, § 2; Penal Code 1910, § 828; Code 1933, § 59-113.)

Cross references.

- Legislator exemption, § 24-13-29.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Members of General Assembly are not disqualified as jurors. 1948-49 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 583.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 47 Am. Jur. 2d, Jury, § 159.

C.J.S.

- 50A C.J.S., Juries, §§ 285, 302 et seq., 347 et seq.

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