Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

15-9-154. Disqualification of prosecuting attorney.

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If the prosecuting attorney of a probate court is disqualified by interest or relationship from engaging in the prosecution of a particular case or is unable to perform the duties of said office due to illness or incapacity, the district attorney of such judicial circuit may prosecute such case. If the district attorney is to prosecute such case, the provisions of Code Section 15-18-5 shall apply.

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, § 15-9-154, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 565, § 1/SB 120.

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