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Title 24. EVIDENCE · Chapter 13. SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE · Article 4. UNIFORM ACT TO SECURE THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES FROM WITHOUT THE STATE

24-13-91. 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)

    “Penal institution” means a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention.#

  3. (2)

    “State” means any state or territory of the United States and the District of Columbia.#

  4. (3)

    “Summons” means a subpoena, order, or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness.#

  5. (4)

    “Witness” means a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal prosecution or proceeding held by the prosecution or the defense, including a person who is confined in a penal institution in any 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, § 24-13-91, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

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