Título 24. EVIDENCE · Capítulo 14. PROOF GENERALLY · Artículo 3. PARTICULAR MATTERS OF PROOF
24-14-40. Evidence of identity; burden in civil proceedings.
Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.
- (a)
Concordance of name alone is some evidence of identity. Residence, vocation, ownership of property, and other like facts may be proved. Reasonable certainty shall be all that is be required.#
- (b)
In civil proceedings, parties shall generally be relieved from the onus of proving identity, as it is a fact generally more easily disproved than established.#
History
Code 1981, § 24-14-40, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.
Cross references
DNA sampling, collection, and analysis, § 35-3-160.
Law reviews
For article, “DNA Fingerprinting: A Scientific Perspective,” see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 1099 (1991).
Otras notas
- History of Section.
- Former Code Section 24-4-40, which contained comparable provisions to this Code section, as effective January 1, 2013, was derived from the decision in Mullery v. Hamilton, 71 Ga. 720 (1884).
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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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