Georgia CommonsTitle 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
24-13-96. Exemption of witnesses from arrest and service of process.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (a)
If a person comes into this state in obedience to a summons directing him or her to attend and testify in this state, such person shall not, while in this state pursuant to such summons, be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before such person’s entrance into this state under the summons.#
- (b)
If a person passes through this state while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state or while returning therefrom, he or she shall not while so passing through this state be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before such person’s entrance into this state under the summons.#
History
Code 1981, § 24-13-96, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24; Ga. L. 2023, p. 730, § 3(1)/HB 475, effective July 1, 2023. The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in subsection (a).
Cross references
Exercise of personal jurisdiction over nonresidents generally, § 9-10-90 et seq.
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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