O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-18-82 (2019)

Definition

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Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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As used in this article, the term "prosecuting attorney" means the individual responsible for prosecuting cases in superior courts, state courts, probate courts, magistrate courts, municipal courts, and any other court that hears cases involving a violation of the criminal laws of this state or ordinance violations.

History

(Code 1981, § 15-18-82, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 420, § 3/HB 718.)

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ARTICLE 5 PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS OF MUNICIPAL COURTS

Annotations

Effective date. - This article became effective April 11, 2012.

Cross references. - Prosecution by municipality of transactions in drug related objects, § 36-32-6.1.