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2018 Georgia Code 15-6-16 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-6-16 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-6-16

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 6. Superior Courts, 15-6-1 through 15-6-100.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-6-16. No authority when absent from state.

No judge of the superior courts shall have authority to perform any judicial act required of him by law when he is beyond the jurisdiction of this state.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 248; Code 1868, § 242; Code 1873, § 253; Code 1882, § 253; Civil Code 1895, § 4330; Civil Code 1910, § 4859; Code 1933, § 24-2627.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Judge of a superior court of this state has no authority to do any official act required by the laws of this state when the judge is not within the jurisdiction of this state. Buchanan v. Jones, 12 Ga. 612 (1853).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Courts, § 16 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 48A C.J.S., Judges, §§ 63, 65.

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