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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 9. PROBATE COURTS · Article 8. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS IN PROBATE COURTS IN COUNTIES IN WHICH THERE IS NO STATE COURT

15-9-153. Determining if prosecuting attorney shall be full time or part time; limitations on private practice of law.

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

  1. (a)

    Unless otherwise provided by local law, the governing authority of the county shall determine whether the prosecuting attorney of a probate court shall be a full-time or part-time prosecuting attorney.#

  2. (b)

    Any full-time prosecuting attorney of a probate court and any full-time employees of the prosecuting attorney of a probate court shall not engage in the private practice of law.#

  3. (c)

    Any part-time prosecuting attorney of a probate court and any part-time assistant prosecuting attorney of a probate court may engage in the private practice of law, but shall not practice in the probate court or appear in any matter in which that prosecuting attorney has exercised jurisdiction. A prosecuting attorney of a probate court and any assistant prosecuting attorney of a probate court shall be subject to all laws and rules governing the conduct of prosecuting attorneys in this state.#

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, § 15-9-153, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 565, § 1/SB 120.

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

Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, pages 516 to 517; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.