Georgia Code
Chapter 8 - Trial
Article 2 - Continuances

§ 17-8-20. Showing of Due Diligence Required of Applicants for Continuances Generally - In all cases, the party making an application for a...

§ 17-8-21. When Showing for Continuance Required of State - In all cases in which the defendant cannot, according to...

§ 17-8-22. Consideration of Motion for Continuance by Court Generally; Allowance of Counter-Showing to Motion - All applications for continuances are addressed to the sound legal...

§ 17-8-23. Absence of Party as Grounds for Granting Continuance - If either party is providentially prevented from attending the trial...

§ 17-8-24. Absence or Illness of Counsel as Grounds for Granting Continuance - The illness or absence, from providential cause, of counsel where...

§ 17-8-25. Absence of Witness as Grounds for Granting Continuance - In all applications for continuances upon the ground of the...

§ 17-8-26. Party or Party’s Attorney in Attendance at General Assembly as Grounds for Granting Continuance - History. Ga. L. 1905, p. 93, § 1; Civil Code...

§ 17-8-27. Attorney General in Attendance at General Assembly as Grounds for Granting Continuance - When any case pending in the courts of this state...

§ 17-8-28. Witness in Attendance at General Assembly as Grounds for Granting Continuance - History. Ga. L. 1905, p. 93, § 3; Civil Code...

§ 17-8-29. Party or Party’s Counsel in Attendance at Meeting of Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia as Grounds for Granting Continuance - Should any member of the Board of Regents of the...

§ 17-8-30. Party or Party’s Counsel in Attendance at Meeting of Board of Human Services or Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities as Grounds for Granting Continuance - Should any member of the Board of Human Services or...

§ 17-8-31. Party, Leading Attorney, or Material Witness in Attendance on Active Duty as Member of National Guard or Component of Armed Forces of the United States as Grounds for Granting Continuance; Setting Bail in Certain Cases - This continuance shall toll the running of the demand for...

§ 17-8-32. Effect of Admission by Opposing Party of Facts to Be Proved Upon Allowance of Continuance - No continuance shall be allowed in any court on account...

§ 17-8-33. Granting of Continuances Where Indictment Found or Accusation Made; Continuance Where Material Witness Unavailable; Continuances Required by Principles of Justice; Granting of Continuance Where Postponement Possible to Later Date in Term - History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 835; Code 1863,...

§ 17-8-34. Granting of Continuances in Cases Returned by Appellate Court for Trial - When a case is sent back for trial to a...

§ 17-8-35. Effect of Continuance by Defendant Upon Trial of Codefendants - The continuance of a case by one of several defendants...

§ 17-8-36. Entry of Date of Continuance Upon Docket of Court; Announcement of Continuance in Open Court - The judges of the superior, state, and city courts shall,...

§ 17-8-37. Duration of Continuance - When a court grants a continuance of a pending case...

§ 17-8-38. Case Not Reached at Trial Term Continued - A case not reached at the trial term stands over...