History. Ga. L. 1903, p. 83, §§ 1, 2; Penal Code 1910, §§ 824, 825; Ga. L. 1911, p. 72, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 59-114, 59-115; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 3-15; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 15; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-7/HB 415; Ga. L. 2014, p. 451, § 5/HB 776; Ga. L. 2014, p. 862, § 4/HB 1078.
The 2014 amendments. —
The first 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, substituted “juror until the next succeeding county master jury list has been received by the clerk” for “juror at the next succeeding term of the court in which such person has previously served but shall be eligible to serve at the next succeeding term of court for a different level of court” at the end of subsection (a). The second 2014 amendment, effective April 29, 2014, in subsection (a), inserted “trial or grand” near the beginning, and made an identical change as the first amendment.
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