Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 14. HABEAS CORPUS · Article 2. PROCEDURE FOR PERSONS UNDER SENTENCE OF STATE COURT OF RECORD

9-14-45. Petition — Service.

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

Service of a petition brought under this article shall be made upon the person having custody of the petitioner. If the petitioner is being detained under the custody of the Department of Corrections, an additional copy of the petition shall be served on the Attorney General. If the petitioner is being detained under the custody of some authority other than the Department of Corrections, an additional copy of the petition shall be served upon the district attorney of the county in which the petition is filed. Service upon the Attorney General or the district attorney may be had by mailing a copy of the petition and a proper certificate of service.

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.

Code 1933, § 50-127, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 835, § 3; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1.

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

Text read from T09 Ch12-16 (V7A) 2015.pdf, Volume V7A, 2015 edition, page 369; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 c88496cf9e57.