---
title: O.C.G.A. § 15-18-24. Liability of district attorney; failure to comply as ground for impeachment.
collection: code
id: 15-18-24
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 15-18-24 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-18-24
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-18-24.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-18-24/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t15-ch12-24-(v13a)-2015-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=cbb30143_0#page=336
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-18.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-18-23.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/15-18-25.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: COURTS / PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS / GENERAL PROVISIONS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 15-18-24. Liability of district attorney; failure to comply as ground for impeachment.

If a district attorney fails to comply with Code Section 15-18-6, he is liable to rule as are attorneys at law, with all the penalties and remedies applicable thereto. Failure to comply with the terms of a rule absolute within 20 days from the time it becomes final shall be a ground for impeachment.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 352; Code 1868, § 413; Code 1873, § 378; Code 1882, § 378; Civil Code 1895, § 4393; Penal Code 1895, § 799; Civil Code 1910, § 4927; Penal Code 1910, § 799; Code 1933, § 24-2911.