O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 45-15-6 (2019)

Representation of state in court of competent jurisdiction

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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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When the services of the Attorney General are needed in any court of competent jurisdiction, the presiding judge thereof shall notify the Governor 20 days before of the time, place, and cause; and the Governor may, in his discretion, order the Attorney General to represent the state.

History

(Orig. Code 1863, § 344; Code 1868, § 405; Code 1873, § 370; Code 1882, § 370; Civil Code 1895, § 221; Civil Code 1910, § 255; Code 1933, § 40-1603; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 7 Am. Jur. 2d, Attorney General, §§ 6, 15. C.J.S. - 7A C.J.S., Attorney General, §§ 37-39. ALR. - Validity, under state law, of

appointment of independent special prosecutor to handle political or controversial prosecutions or investigations of persons other than regular prosecutor, 84 ALR3d 29.