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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 24. EVIDENCE · Chapter 13. SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE · Article 5. UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT

24-13-111. Definitions.

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

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Foreign jurisdiction” means a state other than this state.#

  3. (2)

    “Foreign subpoena” means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction.#

  4. (3)

    “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.#

  5. (4)

    “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Native American tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.#

  6. (5)

    “Subpoena” means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to:#

    1. (A)

      Attend and give testimony at a deposition;#

    2. (B)

      Produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or tangible things in the possession, custody, or control of such person; or#

    3. (C)

      Permit inspection of premises under the control of such person.#

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, § 24-13-111, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 651, § 2-1/HB 46.

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

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