If any person is duly summoned to appear as a trial or grand juror at court and neglects or refuses to appear, or if any juror absents himself or herself without leave of the court, such neglect, refusal, or absence may, after notice and hearing, be punished as contempt of court.
History. Ga. L. 1869, p. 139, § 7; Ga. L. 1872, p. 15, § 1; Code 1873, § 3938; Code 1882, § 3938; Penal Code 1895, § 864; Penal Code 1910, § 868; Code 1933, § 59-117; Ga. L. 1976, p. 438, § 5; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1292, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-10/HB 415; Ga. L. 2014, p. 862, § 6/HB 1078.
The 2014 amendment, effective April 29, 2014, inserted “trial or grand” near the beginning, and substituted “such” for “said” near the middle.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-1/HB 415, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011.’
Structure Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-12-1.1. Exemptions From Jury Duty
§ 15-12-2. Legislators Excused
§ 15-12-3. Term of Service on Jury
§ 15-12-4. Eligibility of Person to Serve as a Trial or Grand Juror
§ 15-12-5. Service at Next Term When Term Not Held
§ 15-12-6. Fees of Special Criminal Bailiffs
§ 15-12-7. Compensation of Court Bailiffs and Expense Allowance for Trial or Grand Jurors
§ 15-12-8. Expense Allowance When No Grand Jury Impaneled
§ 15-12-9. Expense Allowance of Persons Who Appear but Are Not Sworn as Trial or Grand Juror
§ 15-12-10. Juror’s Failure to Appear or Unauthorized Absence; Contempt