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Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-12-1. Definitions - As used in this chapter, the term: History. Code 1981,...
§ 15-12-1.1. Exemptions From Jury Duty - History. Laws 1843, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 1074.; Code 1863,...
§ 15-12-2. Legislators Excused - Any person summoned to serve as a juror in any...
§ 15-12-3. Term of Service on Jury - No person shall be allowed to serve on the trial...
§ 15-12-4. Eligibility of Person to Serve as a Trial or Grand Juror - History. Ga. L. 1903, p. 83, §§ 1, 2; Penal...
§ 15-12-5. Service at Next Term When Term Not Held - Whenever a term of court is not held because of...
§ 15-12-6. Fees of Special Criminal Bailiffs - In all cases in the superior, state, or city courts...
§ 15-12-7. Compensation of Court Bailiffs and Expense Allowance for Trial or Grand Jurors - History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3846; Code 1868, § 3866;...
§ 15-12-8. Expense Allowance When No Grand Jury Impaneled - If in any county no grand jury is impaneled in...
§ 15-12-9. Expense Allowance of Persons Who Appear but Are Not Sworn as Trial or Grand Juror - The persons who appear in answer to the summons for...
§ 15-12-10. Juror’s Failure to Appear or Unauthorized Absence; Contempt - If any person is duly summoned to appear as a...
§ 15-12-11. Appointment of Jury Clerk and Other Personnel; Trial or Grand Juror Questionnaires; Construction With Other Laws - History. Ga. L. 1964, p. 2119, §§ 1-4; Code 1981,...
§ 15-12-12. Power of Chief Judge of Superior Court to Appoint a Jury Clerk and Other Necessary Personnel; Juror Qualifications - History. Code 1981, § 15-12-12 , enacted by Ga. L....
Article 3 - Selection of Jurors
§ 15-12-40. Ineligibility to Serve as Trial Juror - Any person who has been convicted of a felony in...
§ 15-12-40.1. State-Wide Master Jury List; Driver’s License Information; List of Registered Voters; Random List of Persons to Comprise Venire - History. Code 1981, § 15-12-40.1 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 15-12-43.1. Review of County Master Jury List - On and after July 1, 2012, upon the request of...
§ 15-12-44.1. Safeguarding of Master Jury Lists; Development of State-Wide System to Ensure Preservation of Jury Data - The state-wide master jury lists and county master jury lists...
§ 15-12-46. Adjournment of Term Pending Choosing of Trial or Grand Jurors - If juries have not been chosen for any regular term...
Article 4 - Grand Juries
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-12-60. Qualifications of Grand Jurors; Impact of Ineligibility - History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3821; Code 1868, § 3841;...
§ 15-12-61. Number of Grand Jurors; Votes Necessary for Indictment or Presentment; Alternate Grand Jurors; Report on Preceding Grand Jury by Foreperson or Clerk - History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 547.; Ga. L....
§ 15-12-62.1. Choosing of Grand Jurors - The clerk shall choose a sufficient number of persons to...
§ 15-12-63. Concurrent Grand Juries - In any term of court when the public interest requires...
§ 15-12-65.1. Mailing of Summonses; Failure to Receive Notice - On and after July 1, 2012, the clerk shall be...
§ 15-12-66. Preliminary Oath to Be Administered to Grand Jurors - You shall give true answers to all questions as may...
§ 15-12-66.1. Insufficient Number of Persons to Complete Panel of Grand Jurors - When from challenge or from any other cause there are...
§ 15-12-67. Appointment or Election of Foreman; Oath of Foreman and Grand Jurors - Click to view “You, as foreperson (or member) of the...
§ 15-12-68. Oath of Witnesses - Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the evidence you...
§ 15-12-69. Oath of Bailiff Attending Grand Jury - The following oath shall be administered to all bailiffs attending...
§ 15-12-70. Disqualification for Relationship to Interested Party - All grand jurors in the courts of this state shall...
§ 15-12-71. Duties of Grand Jury - History. Ga. L. 1869, p. 139, § 5; Code 1873,...
§ 15-12-72. Disclosures of Grand Jurors in Court - Grand jurors shall disclose everything which occurs in their service...
§ 15-12-73. Exclusion of Admissions and Communications Among Grand Jurors - Admissions and communications among grand jurors are excluded as evidence...
§ 15-12-74. Grand Jury Presentment of Offenses; Publication or Filing of Findings - History. Laws 1829, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 553.; Code 1863,...
§ 15-12-78. Inspection of County Jails; Recommendations and Presentments - Grand juries shall carefully inspect the sanitary condition of the...
§ 15-12-80. Publication of General Presentments - Grand juries are authorized to recommend to the court the...
§ 15-12-81. Notice of Upcoming Appointment by Grand Jury - History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 686, §§ 1, 2; Ga....
§ 15-12-82. Change of Venue in Criminal Grand Jury Investigation - History. Ga. L. 1922, p. 193, §§ 1, 3-6, 8;...
§ 15-12-83. Oath of Court Reporter Attending Grand Jury Proceeding; Compensation; Role and Responsibilities - I do solemnly swear that I will keep secret all...
Part 2 - Special Purpose Grand Juries
§ 15-12-100. Procedure for Impaneling Special Grand Jury; Number of Jurors; Foreperson; Powers of Jury - History. Code 1933, § 59-602a, enacted by Ga. L. 1974,...
§ 15-12-101. Supervision of Special Grand Jury; Procedure for Dissolution; Additional Investigation - History. Code 1933, § 59-603a, enacted by Ga. L. 1974,...
§ 15-12-102. Applicability of Part - This part shall apply only to all counties and consolidated...
Article 5 - Trial Juries
Part 1 - In General
§ 15-12-120.1. Choosing of Trial Jurors - On and after July 1, 2012, trial juries shall be...
§ 15-12-122. Demand of Jury Panels From Which to Select Jury in Civil Actions in the State Courts and the Superior Courts - History. Ga. L. 1869, p. 139, § 6; Code 1873,...
§ 15-12-123. Demand of Jury Panels in Civil Actions in the State Courts - History. Ga. L. 1869, p. 139, § 6; Code 1873,...
§ 15-12-124.1. Insufficient Number of Persons to Complete Panel of Trial Jurors - On and after July 1, 2012, when from challenge or...
§ 15-12-125. Demand of Jury Panels for Misdemeanor Trials - For the trial of misdemeanors in all courts, each party...
§ 15-12-126.1. Absence of Panels of Trial Jurors in Misdemeanor Cases; Choosing and Summoning Make-Up Panels - On and after July 1, 2012, when the regular panels...
§ 15-12-129.1. Prolonged Session of Court of Record; Choosing and Summoning Prospective Jurors - On and after July 1, 2012, whenever the session of...
§ 15-12-130.1. Competence and Qualifications of Prospective Jurors in Superior Court to Serve in Other Courts of Concurrent Jurisdiction; Applicability - History. Code 1981, § 15-12-130.1 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 15-12-131. Examination of Jurors in Panels - In the examination of individual jurors by counsel for the...
§ 15-12-132. Oath of Jury on Voir Dire - Each panel, prior to commencing voir dire, shall take the...
§ 15-12-133. Right to Individual Examination of Panel; Matters of Inquiry - In all civil cases, the parties thereto shall have the...
§ 15-12-134. Challenge of Juror in Civil Case for Desire or Expression of Opinion as to Which Party Should Prevail; Hearing - In all civil cases it shall be good cause of...
§ 15-12-135. Disqualification for Relationship to Interested Party - History. Ga. L. 1933, p. 187, § 1; Code 1933,...
§ 15-12-136. Competency of County Residents When County Is Interested in Case - All inhabitants of a county who are competent jurors in...
§ 15-12-137. Competency of Resident of Municipal Corporation Interested in Case - Being a citizen or resident of a municipal corporation shall...
§ 15-12-137.1. Jury Service by Members of Electric Membership Corporation - A member of an electric membership corporation shall not be...
§ 15-12-138. Oath of Jury Panel - Each panel of the trial jury shall take the following...
§ 15-12-139. Oath in Criminal Case - In all criminal cases, the following oath shall be administered...
§ 15-12-140. Oath of Bailiffs - The following oath shall be administered to all bailiffs on...
§ 15-12-141. Jury Deliberation Rooms; Furnishing Food and Beverages - The governing authority of each county shall provide facilities for...
§ 15-12-142. Separation and Confinement - History. Code 1933, § 59-719, enacted by Ga. L. 1955,...
Part 2 - Juries in Felony Cases
§ 15-12-160.1. Impanelling Jurors for Criminal Trials; Choosing and Summoning Prospective Jurors if Necessary to Fill Panel - On and after July 1, 2012, when any person stands...
§ 15-12-161. Clerk to Provide Names of Prospective Jurors and Identifying Information to Prosecutor and Accused - The clerk shall provide the prosecuting attorney and the accused...
§ 15-12-162. Challenge to the Array - The accused may, in writing, challenge the array for any...
§ 15-12-163. Challenges for Cause; Hearing of Evidence; When Objection May Be Made - History. Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 229, § 7; Code 1863,...
§ 15-12-164. Questions on Voir Dire; Setting Aside Juror for Cause - History. Laws 1843, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 843.; Ga. L....
§ 15-12-165. Number of Peremptory Challenges - Every person accused of a felony may peremptorily challenge nine...
§ 15-12-166. Jurors Not Challenged to Be Sworn - If a juror is found competent and is not challenged...
§ 15-12-167. Time for Challenge and Hearing Thereon - If known to a party or his counsel, any objections...
§ 15-12-168. Authority to Call Alternate Jurors - Whenever in the opinion of a judge of a superior...
§ 15-12-169.1. Choosing of Alternate Jurors; Peremptory Challenges - On and after July 1, 2012, alternate jurors shall be...
§ 15-12-170. Oath and Duties of Alternate Jurors; Expense Allowance - Alternate jurors shall take the same oath as the jurors...
§ 15-12-171. Discharge or Separate Custody of Alternate Jurors Upon Submission of Verdict - Upon final submission of the case to the jury, the...
§ 15-12-172. Replacement of Incapacitated Jurors; Effect of Replacement - If at any time, whether before or after final submission...