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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-12-136. Competency of county residents when county is interested in case.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-12-136. Competency of county residents when county is interested in case.

All inhabitants of a county who are competent jurors in other cases shall be competent jurors in any case in which the county is a party or is interested in its capacity as a corporation or a quasi-corporation.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 463; Code 1868, § 525; Code 1873, § 491; Code 1882, § 491; Penal Code 1895, § 876; Penal Code 1910, § 881; Code 1933, § 59-714.