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GA Code § 24-11-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 11 - Establishment of Lost Records|Article 2 - Private Papers|§ 24-11-25. Establishment of Lost or Destroyed Paper

 When a rule nisi has been served as provided in Code Section 24-11-23, the court shall grant a rule absolute establishing the duplicate of the lost or destroyed paper sworn to, unless good and sufficient cause is shown why the rule absolute should not be granted.    (Code 1981, §24-11-25, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 24-11-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 11 - Establishment of Lost Records|Article 2 - Private Papers|§ 24-11-26. Establishment of Lost or Destroyed Paper - Furnishing of Certified Endorsement of Copy

 When the duplicate of the lost or destroyed paper is established, the clerk of the court in which it is done shall furnish the duplicate to the party who had it established, with a certified endorsement thereon of the day and term of the court when the rule absolute was granted, provided all costs of the proceeding have been paid.    (Code 1981, §24-11-26, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 24-11-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 11 - Establishment of Lost Records|Article 2 - Private Papers|§ 24-11-28. Joinder of Additional Party Defendants in Proceedings to Establish Lost or Destroyed Papers

 In all proceedings for the purpose of establishing any lost or destroyed paper other than an office paper, as defined in Code Section 24-11-20, any person whose interest will be affected by the establishment of the lost paper shall, upon motion, by order of the court, be made a party respondent in the proceeding and shall be allowed all the rights of defense against the establishment of the paper as fully as if he or she was the maker of the lost paper.    (Code 1981, §24-11-28, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 52 Am. Jur. 2d, Lost and Destroyed Instruments, § 9.   C.J.S.   - 54 C.J.S., Lost Instruments, § 11 et seq.
GA Code § 24-11-29 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 11 - Establishment of Lost Records|Article 2 - Private Papers|§ 24-11-29. Applicability of Article

 Other than Code Section 24-11-20, this article shall not apply to lost or destroyed papers to which Title 11, the "Uniform Commercial Code," is applicable.    (Code 1981, §24-11-29, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 24-12-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 12 - Medical and Other Confidential Information|Article 2 - Confidentiality of Medical Information|§ 24-12-11. Disclosure of Medical Records - Effect on Confidential or Privileged Character Thereof

 The disclosure of confidential or privileged medical matter constituting all or part of a record kept by a health care facility, a nurse, or a physician, pursuant to laws requiring disclosure or pursuant to limited consent to disclosure, shall not serve to destroy or in any way abridge the confidential or privileged character thereof, except for the purpose for which such disclosure is made.    (Code 1981, §24-12-11, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Evidence: privilege as to facts learned on autopsy or post-mortem examination, 58 A.L.R. 1134.    Admissibility of hospital chart or other hospital record, 120 A.L.R. 1124.    Evidence: public health record as subject of privilege, 136 A.L.R. 856.   Construction and effect of statute removing or modifying, in personal injury actions, patient's privilege against disclosure by physician, 25 A.L.R.2d 1429.   Admissibility of hospital record relating to physician's opinion as to whether patient is malingering or feigning injury, 55 A.L.R.2d 1031.   Physical examination of allegedly negligent person with respect to defect claimed to have caused or contributed to accident, 89 A.L.R.2d 1001.   Waiver of privilege as regards one physician as a waiver as to other physicians, 5 A.L.R.3d 1244.   Discovery, in medical malpractice action, of names of other patients to whom defendant has given treatment similar to that allegedly injuring plaintiff, 66 A.L.R.5th 591.
GA Code § 24-12-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 12 - Medical and Other Confidential Information|Article 2 - Confidentiality of Medical Information|§ 24-12-12. Disclosure of Medical Records - Use of Medical Matter Disclosed

 Persons to whom confidential or privileged medical matter is disclosed in the circumstances described in Code Section 24-12-11 shall utilize such matter only in connection with the purpose or purposes of such disclosure and thereafter shall keep such matter in confidence. However, nothing in this article shall prohibit the use of such matter where otherwise authorized by law.    (Code 1981, §24-12-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Admissibility of hospital chart or other hospital record, 120 A.L.R. 1124.    Evidence: public health record as subject of privilege, 136 A.L.R. 856.   Admissibility of hospital record relating to physician's opinion as to whether patient is malingering or feigning injury, 55 A.L.R.2d 1031.   Physical examination of allegedly negligent person with respect to defect claimed to have caused or contributed to accident, 89 A.L.R.2d 1001.   Waiver of privilege as regards one physician as a waiver as to other physicians, 5 A.L.R.3d 1244.   Discovery, in medical malpractice action, of names of other patients to whom defendant has given treatment similar to that allegedly injuring plaintiff, 66 A.L.R.5th 591.
GA Code § 24-12-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 12 - Medical and Other Confidential Information|Article 2 - Confidentiality of Medical Information|§ 24-12-13. Disclosure of Medical Records - Immunity From Liability

 Any person, corporation, authority, or other legal entity acting in good faith shall be immune from liability for the transmission, receipt, or use of medical matter disclosed pursuant to laws requiring disclosure or pursuant to limited consent to disclosure.    (Code 1981, §24-12-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Admissibility of hospital chart or other hospital record, 120 A.L.R. 1124.    Evidence: public health record as subject of privilege, 136 A.L.R. 856.   Waiver of privilege as regards one physician as a waiver as to other physicians, 5 A.L.R.3d 1244.
GA Code § 24-12-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 12 - Medical and Other Confidential Information|Article 2 - Confidentiality of Medical Information|§ 24-12-14. Disclosure of Medical Records - Use for Educational Purposes Not Precluded

 Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the customary and usual audit, discussion, and presentation of cases in connection with medical and public education.    (Code 1981, §24-12-14, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 24-12-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 12 - Medical and Other Confidential Information|Article 3 - Aids Information|§ 24-12-20. Confidential Nature of Aids Information

 AIDS confidential information as defined in Code Section 31-22-9.1 and disclosed or discovered within the patient-physician relationship shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except as otherwise provided in Code Section 24-12-21.    (Code 1981, §24-12-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 24-12-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 12 - Medical and Other Confidential Information|Article 4 - Other Confidential Information|§ 24-12-30. Confidential Nature of Certain Library Records

  Circulation and similar records of a library which identify the user of library materials shall not be public records but shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except:   To members of the library staff in the ordinary course of business;   Upon written consent of the user of the library materials or the user's parents or guardian if the user is a minor or ward; or   Upon appropriate court order or subpoena.     Any disclosure authorized by subsection (a) of this Code section or any unauthorized disclosure of materials made confidential by subsection (a) of this Code section shall not in any way destroy the confidential nature of that material, except for the purpose for which an authorized disclosure is made. A person disclosing material as authorized by subsection (a) of this Code section shall not be liable therefor.     (Code 1981, §24-12-30, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 24-12-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 12 - Medical and Other Confidential Information|Article 4 - Other Confidential Information|§ 24-12-31. Confidential Nature of Veterinarian Records; Disclosure of Rabies Vaccination Record

  No veterinarian licensed under Chapter 50 of Title 43 shall be required to disclose any information concerning the veterinarian's care of an animal except on written authorization or other waiver by the veterinarian's client or on appropriate court order or subpoena. Any veterinarian releasing information under written authorization or other waiver by the client or under court order or subpoena shall not be liable to the client or any other person. The confidentiality provided by this Code section shall be waived to the extent that the veterinarian's client places the veterinarian's care and treatment of the animal or the nature and extent of injuries to the animal at issue in any judicial proceeding. As used in this Code section, the term "client" means the owner of the animal or, if the owner of the animal is unknown, the person who presents the animal to the veterinarian for care and treatment.   Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section, a veterinarian shall disclose the rabies vaccination history of any animal within such veterinarian's care within 24 hours of receipt of a written request by the physician of any person bitten by such animal.     (Code 1981, §24-12-31, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24; Ga. L. 2018, p. 770, §§ 2, 4/HB 956.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a); substituted "animal or, if the owner of the animal is unknown, the person" for "animal; or if the owner of the animal is unknown, client means the person" in the last sentence of subsection (a); and added subsection (b).
GA Code § 24-13-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 13 - Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-13-2. Procedure for Claiming Witness Fees

 A witness in making a claim or proof of a claim for witness fees for attendance shall indicate the date on which he or she attended and, in the event of a continuance, shall not claim or receive witness fees for any day after the date to which the docket shows the proceeding was continued nor for any day before the continuance was granted on which he or she did not attend.    (Code 1981, §24-13-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 24-13-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 13 - Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-13-3. Witness Fee Exceptions

  A witness shall not receive any witness fees for attendance on a subpoena if such witness is absent from the proceeding, or if the proceeding is continued at any time due to his or her absence, where such absence did not arise from providential cause.   No witness shall receive witness fees from both parties in the same proceeding; the fees of a witness for both parties shall be apportioned equally between the parties unless the costs are all taxed against one party.     (Code 1981, §24-13-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 24-13-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 13 - Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-13-4. Penalty for Excessive Witness Fee Claim

 A witness who claims more than is due to such witness shall forfeit all witness fees and shall pay to the injured party, in addition thereto, four times the amount so unjustly claimed.    (Code 1981, §24-13-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 24-13-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 13 - Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-13-5. Production of Evidence When Item Not Available; Oath

 When any person is served with a subpoena for the production of evidence or a notice to produce, seeking books in his or her possession to be used as testimony on the trial of any cause, if the person makes oath that he or she cannot produce the books required without suffering a material injury in his or her business and also makes or causes to be made out a full transcript from the books of all the accounts and dealings with the opposite party, has the transcript examined and sworn to by an impartial witness, and produces the same in court, the witness shall be deemed to have complied with the notice to produce or subpoena for the production of evidence.    (Code 1981, §24-13-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)   Cross references.   - Discovery of documents generally, § 9-11-34.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 32A C.J.S., Evidence, § 1020.
GA Code § 24-13-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 13 - Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-13-6. Procedure When Adverse Party Dissatisfied With Response Pursuant to Code Section 24-13-5

 When the transcript provided for in Code Section 24-13-5 is produced in court, if the adverse party is dissatisfied therewith and swears that he or she believes that the books contain entries material to the adverse party which do not appear in the transcript, the court shall grant him or her a commission directed to certain persons named by the parties and approved by the court. The commission shall cause the person with possession of the books to produce the books required with the person swearing that the books produced are all that he or she has or had that answer to the description in the subpoena or notice to produce. The commission shall examine the books and transmit to the court a full and fair statement of the accounts and entries between the parties under their hand. When received by the court, the statement of the commission shall be deemed a compliance with the notice to produce or subpoena for the production of evidence.    (Code 1981, §24-13-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 24-13-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 13 - Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-13-7. Withdrawal of Originals Introduced in Evidence; Substitution of Copies; Discretion of Court

 Parties interested and participating in the trial of all cases tried in the courts are authorized and empowered, on the order of the court trying the case, to withdraw from the court and record of the case all original deeds, maps, blueprints, notes, papers, and documents belonging to the parties and which are introduced in evidence on the trial, on substituting therefor, when required by the court, duplicates thereof, verified as such by the parties or their agents, representatives, or attorneys. However, if any such deeds, maps, blueprints, notes, papers, or documents shall be attacked by any party to the case as forgeries, or as not being genuine originals, it shall be in the discretion of the court to require the original deeds, maps, blueprints, notes, papers, or documents so attacked to remain on file in the court as a part of the record in the case.    (Code 1981, §24-13-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Necessity, in order to enter judgment by confession on instrument containing warrant of attorney, that original note or other instrument and original warrant be produced or filed, 68 A.L.R.2d 1156.
GA Code § 24-13-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 13 - Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence|Article 2 - Subpoenas and Notice to Produce|§ 24-13-22. Subpoena for Attendance of Witnesses - Attendance at Hearing or Trial; Where Served

 At the request of any party, subpoenas for attendance at a hearing or trial shall be issued under the authority of the clerk of the court in which the hearing or trial is held. A subpoena requiring the attendance of a witness at a hearing or trial may be served at any place within this state.    (Code 1981, §24-13-22, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 81 Am. Jur. 2d, Witnesses, §§ 6, 7.   C.J.S.   - 98 C.J.S. (Rev), Witnesses, §§ 6, 26 et seq.   ALR.    - Subpoenaing unnecessary witnesses as contempt, 37 A.L.R. 1113.   Power of court to control evidence or witnesses going before grand jury, 52 A.L.R.3d 1316.
GA Code § 24-13-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 13 - Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence|Article 2 - Subpoenas and Notice to Produce|§ 24-13-26. Enforcement of Subpoenas; Continuance; Secondary Evidence of Books, Papers, or Documents

  Subpoenas may be enforced by attachment for contempt and by a fine of not more than $300.00 or not more than 20 days' imprisonment, or both. In all proceedings under this Code section, the court shall consider whether under the circumstances of each proceeding the subpoena was served within a reasonable time, but in any event not less than 24 hours prior to the time that appearance thereunder was required.   The court may also in appropriate proceedings grant continuance of the proceeding. Where subpoenas were issued in blank, no continuance shall be granted because of failure to respond thereto when the party obtaining such subpoenas fails to present to the clerk the name and address of the witness so subpoenaed at least six hours before appearance is required.   When evidence is unsuccessfully sought, secondary evidence thereof shall be admissible.     (Code 1981, §24-13-26, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 24/HB 942.)    The 2012 amendment,  effective May 1, 2012, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in the first sentence of subsection (a).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 32A C.J.S., Evidence, §§ 1019, 1020, 1022. 98 C.J.S. (Rev), Witnesses, §§ 6, 67 et seq.   ALR.    - Mandamus to compel court or judge to require witness to testify or produce documents, 41 A.L.R. 436.    Admissibility of evidence of party's refusal to permit examination or inspection of property or person, 175 A.L.R. 234.   Tort or statutory liability for failure or refusal of witness to give testimony, 61 A.L.R.3d 1297.
GA Code § 24-13-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 13 - Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence|Article 2 - Subpoenas and Notice to Produce|§ 24-13-27. Notice to Produce

 Where a party desires to compel production of evidence in the possession, custody, or control of another party, in lieu of serving a subpoena under this article, the party desiring the production may serve a notice to produce upon counsel for the other party. Service may be perfected in accordance with Code Section 24-13-24, but no witness fees or mileage shall be allowed therefor. Such notices may be enforced in the manner prescribed by Code Section 24-13-26, and Code Section 24-13-23 shall also apply to such notices. The notice shall be in writing, signed by the party seeking production of the evidence, or the party's attorney, and shall be directed to the opposite party or his or her attorney.    (Code 1981, §24-13-27, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)   Cross references.   - Discovery of documentary and tangible evidence generally, § 9-11-34.   Law reviews.   - For article discussing available means of discovery for criminal cases in Georgia, see 12 Ga. St. B.J. 134 (1976). For note, "Criminal Discovery: The Use of Notices to Produce," see 30 Mercer L. Rev. 331 (1978).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Criminal Cases    OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Editor's notes.   - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under former O.C.G.A. § 24-10-26 are included in the annotations for this Code section.    Law enforcement officer who was covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 would not be entitled to the witness fee established by former O.C.G.A. § 24-10-26 for testifying during "off-duty" hours. 1986 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U86-26 (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 24-10-26).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 32A C.J.S., Evidence, § 755.   ALR.   - Right of accused in state courts to inspection or disclosure of evidence in possession of prosecution, 7 A.L.R.3d 8.   Right of defendant in criminal case to inspection of statement of prosecution's witness for purposes of cross-examination or impeachment, 7 A.L.R.3d 181.
GA Code § 24-13-29 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 13 - Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence|Article 2 - Subpoenas and Notice to Produce|§ 24-13-29. Legislators' Exemption

 No member of the General Assembly of Georgia shall be compelled to attend and give testimony at any hearing or trial or to produce evidence while the General Assembly is in regular or extraordinary session.    (Code 1981, §24-13-29, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
GA Code § 24-13-61 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 13 - Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence|Article 3 - Securing Attendance of Prisoners|§ 24-13-61. Issuance of Order Requiring Prisoner's Delivery to Serve as Witness in Superior Court

 Any judge of the superior court may issue an order to any officer having a lawfully imprisoned person in his or her custody, requiring the production of such person before the court for the purpose of giving evidence in any criminal cause pending therein, without any formal application or writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum for that purpose.    (Code 1981, §24-13-61, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 81 Am. Jur. 2d, Witnesses, § 5.   C.J.S.   - 98 C.J.S. (Rev), Witnesses, § 107 et seq.   ALR.   - Right of accused to have his witnesses free from handcuffs, manacles, shackles, or the like, 75 A.L.R.2d 762.
GA Code § 24-13-62 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 24 - Evidence|Chapter 13 - Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence|Article 3 - Securing Attendance of Prisoners|§ 24-13-62. Issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus Requiring Prisoner's Delivery to Serve as Witness in Superior Court

 The writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum may be issued by the superior court to cause the production in court of any witness under legal imprisonment.    (Code 1981, §24-13-62, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 98 C.J.S. (Rev), Witnesses, § 107.   ALR.    - Constitutionality of statute restoring competency of convicts as witnesses, 63 A.L.R. 982.   Right of accused to have his witnesses free from handcuffs, manacles, shackles, or the like, 75 A.L.R.2d 762.