Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 18. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS · Article 3. SOLICITORS-GENERAL OF STATE COURTS

15-18-63. Part-time and full-time solicitors-general and employees; private practice of law.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
The General Assembly by local law shall determine whether the solicitor-general shall be a full-time or part-time solicitor-general.#
(b)
A full-time solicitor-general of the state court or any full-time employees of the solicitor-general shall not engage in the private practice of law.#
(c)
A part-time solicitor-general of the state court and any part-time assistant solicitor-general may engage in the private practice of law but shall not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general’s state court or appear on behalf of any client, other than the state, in any matter that is within the duties of such solicitor-general.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 15-18-63, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 748, § 2; Ga. L. 2013, p. 674, § 1/SB 96.

Other notes

The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, in subsection (b), substituted ‘‘shall not engage’’ for ‘‘may not engage’’; and, in subsection (c), substituted ‘‘law but shall not represent defendants in criminal matters’’ for ‘‘law, but may not practice’’ near the middle and substituted ‘‘or appear on behalf of any client, other than the state, in any matter that is within the duties of such solicitor-general’’ for ‘‘or appear in any matter in which that solicitor-general has exercised jurisdiction’’ at the end.

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Text read from t15-ch12-24-(v13a)-2015-pdf.pdf, Volume V13A, 2015 edition, pages 348 to 349; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 3ead04cf60ab.

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