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Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 12. LEGAL DEFENSE FOR INDIGENTS · Article 2. PUBLIC DEFENDERS

17-12-21. Qualifications for public defender position.

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

  1. To be eligible to fill the position of circuit public defender, a person must:

  2. (1)

    Have attained the age of 25 years;#

  3. (2)

    Have been duly admitted and licensed to practice law in the superior courts for at least three years;#

  4. (3)

    Be a member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia; and#

  5. (4)

    If previously disbarred from the practice of law, have been reinstated as provided by law.#

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, § 17-12-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1.

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