Georgia Code
Article 2 - Jurisdiction
§ 50-2-21. Jurisdiction Extends to All Persons Within State Limits; Court’s Option to Decline Jurisdiction

History. Orig. Code 1863, § 23; Code 1868, § 21; Code 1873, § 21; Code 1882, § 21; Civil Code 1895, § 22; Civil Code 1910, § 22; Code 1933, § 15-202; Ga. L. 2003, p. 820, § 5.
Cross references.
Rights of citizens of other states and aliens while in state, § 1-2-9 et seq.
Grounds for exercising personal jurisdiction over nonresidents, § 9-10-91 .
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2003, p. 820, § 9, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act “shall apply to all civil actions filed on or after July 1, 2003.”
Law reviews.
For comment on White v. Henry, 232 Ga. 64 , 205 S.E.2d 206 (1974), see 26 Mercer L. Rev. 317 (1974).
For article surveying developments in Georgia trial practice and procedure from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 275 (1981).
For annual survey of law of domestic relations, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 179 (1986).
For annual survey of trial practice and procedure, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 383 (1986).
For article, “Georgia’s Domestic Relations Long-Arm Statute, Circa 1986,” see 23 St B.J. 74 (1987).
For note on the 2003 amendment to this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 28 (2003).
For annual survey of trial practice and procedure, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 433 (2004).

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