History. Ga. L. 1964, p. 2119, §§ 1-4; Code 1981, § 15-12-11 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 12; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1228, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1292, § 2; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-11/HB 415; Ga. L. 2012, p. 218, § 3/HB 397; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 15/HB 79; Ga. L. 2014, p. 862, § 7/HB 1078.
The 2013 amendment, effective April 24, 2013, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in subsection (c).
The 2014 amendment, effective April 29, 2014, inserted “trial and grand” at the beginning of the first sentence of subsection (b).
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.’ ”
Law reviews.
For article on the 2012 amendment of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 139 (2012).
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