---
title: O.C.G.A. § 19-11-186. Prosecutor’s duties upon request by governor; rendition.
collection: code
id: 19-11-186
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 19-11-186 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-186
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-186.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-186/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=b0848ebd_0#page=1266
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/19-11.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-185.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-190.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: DOMESTIC RELATIONS / ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT / UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT / INTERSTATE RENDITION
---

# O.C.G.A. § 19-11-186. Prosecutor’s duties upon request by governor; rendition.

(a) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the Governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that at least 90 days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this article or that the proceeding would be of no avail.

(b) If, under this article or a law substantially similar to this article, the governor of another state makes a demand that the Governor of this state surrender an individual charged criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of a child or other individual to whom a duty of support is owed, the Governor of this state may require a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding for support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a proceeding would be effective but has not been initiated, the Governor of this state may delay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding.

(c) If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual whose rendition is demanded prevails, the Governor of this state may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner prevails and the individual whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order, the Governor of this state may decline to honor the demand if the individual is complying with the support order.

## History

Code 1981, § 19-11-186, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.