Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Chapter 2. PERSONS AND THEIR RIGHTS
1-2-6. Rights of citizens generally.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (a)
The rights of citizens include, without limitation, the following:#
- (1)
The right of personal security;#
- (2)
The right of personal liberty;#
- (3)
The right of private property and the disposition thereof;#
- (4)
The right of the elective franchise;#
- (5)
The right to hold office, unless disqualified by the Constitution and laws of this state;#
- (6)
The right to appeal to the courts;#
- (7)
The right to testify as a witness;#
- (8)
The right to perform any civil function; and#
- (9)
The right to keep and bear arms.#
- (b)
All citizens are entitled to exercise all their rights as citizens, unless specially prohibited by law.#
History
Orig. Code 1863, §§ 1585, 1586; Code 1868, §§ 1648, 1649; Code 1873, §§ 1654, 1655; Code 1882, §§ 1654, 1655; Civil Code 1895, §§ 1808, 1809; Civil Code 1910, §§ 2165, 2166; Code 1933, §§ 79-205, 79-206.
Law reviews
For article, ‘‘Disability Constitutional Law,’’ see 63 Emory L.J. 527 (2014).
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