9-2-29. Plaintiff in penal action.

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

If no special officer is authorized to be the plaintiff in a penal action, the state, the Governor, the Attorney General, or a prosecuting attorney may be the plaintiff.

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 3178; Code 1868, § 3189; Code 1873, § 3254; Code 1882, § 3254; Civil Code 1895, § 4933; Civil Code 1910, § 5510; Code 1933, § 3-103.

Cross references

For corresponding provision relating to criminal procedure, § 17-1-2.

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

Text read from t9-ch1-10-(v6)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V6, 2023 edition, pages 83 to 84; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 ea8a520ad52f.