Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-18-5. Appointment of Substitute for Absent or Disqualified District Attorney

History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 574; Code 1863, §§ 358, 359; Code 1868, §§ 419, 420; Code 1873, §§ 384, 385; Code 1882, §§ 384, 385; Civil Code 1895, § 4395; Penal Code 1895, §§ 805, 806; Civil Code 1910, § 4929; Penal Code 1910, §§ 805, 806; Code 1933, §§ 24-2913, 24-2914; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1257, § 7; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1211, § 1; Ga. L. 2022, p. 503, § 1/HB 409.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of the State of Georgia” for “Attorney General” twice in the introductory paragraph in subsection (a) and twice in subsection (f); substituted “Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of the State of Georgia” for “Department of Law” in paragraph (a)(2) and in subsection (e); and, in paragraph (a)(1), added “, or an attorney employed by the Department of Law” at the end.
Law reviews.
For article, “Criminal Procedure: Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights,” see 35 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 31 (2018).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2002, “full-time” was substituted for “full” in the third sentence of subsection (d).

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