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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 12 - MEDICAL AND OTHER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION (§§ 24-12-1 — 24-12-31) › Article 4 - OTHER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION (§§ 24-12-30 — 24-12-31) › Section 24-12-30 - Confidential nature of certain library records

(a)
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:
(1)
To members of the library staff in the ordinary course of business;
(2)
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
(3)
Upon appropriate court order or subpoena.
(b)
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.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 12 - MEDICAL AND OTHER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION (§§ 24-12-1 — 24-12-31) › Article 4 - OTHER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION (§§ 24-12-30 — 24-12-31) › Section 24-12-31 - Confidential nature of veterinarian records; disclosure of rabies vaccination record

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
Amended by 2018 Ga. Laws 456,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by 2018 Ga. Laws 456,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2018.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 1 - GENERALLY (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-7) › Section 24-13-1 - Freedom of witnesses from arrest

A witness shall not be arrested on any civil process while attending any court to which he or she is subpoenaed or otherwise required to attend as a witness or while going to or returning from such court. An officer who holds such witness imprisoned after seeing his or her subpoena or being satisfied of the fact that such person was a witness shall be liable for false imprisonment.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 1 - GENERALLY (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-7) › Section 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.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 1 - GENERALLY (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-7) › Section 24-13-3 - Witness fee exceptions

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 1 - GENERALLY (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-7) › Section 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.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 1 - GENERALLY (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-7) › Section 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.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 1 - GENERALLY (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-7) › Section 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.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 1 - GENERALLY (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-7) › Section 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.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 2 - SUBPOENAS AND NOTICE TO PRODUCE (§§ 24-13-20 — 24-13-29) › Section 24-13-20 - Applicability

This article shall apply to all civil proceedings and, insofar as consistent with the Constitution, to all criminal proceedings.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 2 - SUBPOENAS AND NOTICE TO PRODUCE (§§ 24-13-20 — 24-13-29) › Section 24-13-21 - Issuance of subpoena; form; punishment for misuse

(a)
As used in this Code section, the term "subpoena" includes a witness subpoena and a subpoena for the production of evidence.
(b)
A subpoena shall state the name of the court, the name of the clerk, and the title of the proceeding and shall command each person to whom it is directed to attend and give testimony or produce evidence at a time and place specified by the subpoena.
(c)
The clerk of court shall make subpoenas in blank available on demand by electronic or other means to parties or their counsel or to the grand jury.
(d)
An attorney who is counsel of record in a proceeding may issue and sign a subpoena obtained by electronic or other means from the clerk of court as an officer of a court for any deposition, hearing, or trial held in conjunction with such proceeding.
(e)
A district attorney may issue, and upon the request of the grand jury shall issue, a subpoena in grand jury proceedings.
(f)
A subpoena shall be completed prior to being served.
(g)
Subpoenas are enforceable as provided in Code Section
24-13-26
.
(h)
If an individual misuses a subpoena, he or she shall be subject to punishment for contempt of court and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300.00 or not more than 20 days' imprisonment, or both.
Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 684,§ 24, eff. 1/1/2013.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 2 - SUBPOENAS AND NOTICE TO PRODUCE (§§ 24-13-20 — 24-13-29) › Section 24-13-22 - Issuance of subpoena requiring attendance; service

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.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 2 - SUBPOENAS AND NOTICE TO PRODUCE (§§ 24-13-20 — 24-13-29) › Section 24-13-23 - Subpoena for production of documentary evidence; motion to quash or modify

(a)
A subpoena may also command the person to whom it is directed to produce the evidence designated therein.
(b)
The court, upon written motion made promptly and in any event at or before the time specified in the subpoena for compliance therewith, may:
(1)
Quash or modify the subpoena if it is unreasonable and oppressive; or
(2)
Condition denial of the motion upon the advancement by the person in whose behalf the subpoena is issued of the reasonable cost of producing the evidence.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 2 - SUBPOENAS AND NOTICE TO PRODUCE (§§ 24-13-20 — 24-13-29) › Section 24-13-24 - Service of subpoenas

A subpoena may be served by any sheriff, by his or her deputy, or by any other person not less than 18 years of age. Proof may be shown by return or certificate endorsed on a copy of the subpoena. Subpoenas may also be served by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, and the return receipt shall constitute prima-facie proof of service. Service upon a party may be made by serving his or her counsel of record.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 2 - SUBPOENAS AND NOTICE TO PRODUCE (§§ 24-13-20 — 24-13-29) › Section 24-13-25 - Fees and mileage; when tender required

Except as provided in Code Section
24-13-28
, the witness fee shall be $25.00 per diem, and execution shall be issued by the clerk upon affidavit of the witness to enforce payment thereof. The payment of witness fees shall not be demanded as a condition precedent to attendance; but, when a witness resides outside the county where the testimony is to be given, service of the subpoena, to be valid, shall be accompanied by tender of the witness fee for one day's attendance plus mileage of 45¢ per mile for traveling expenses for going from and returning to his or her place of residence by the nearest practical route. Tender of witness fees and mileage may be made by United States currency, postal money order, cashier's check, certified check, or the check of an attorney or law firm. When the subpoena is issued on behalf of this state, or an officer, agency, or political subdivision thereof, or an accused in a criminal proceeding, witness fees and mileage need not be tendered.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 2 - SUBPOENAS AND NOTICE TO PRODUCE (§§ 24-13-20 — 24-13-29) › Section 24-13-26 - Enforcement of subpoenas; continuance; secondary evidence of books, papers, or documents

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
When evidence is unsuccessfully sought, secondary evidence thereof shall be admissible.
Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 684,§ 24, eff. 1/1/2013.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 2 - SUBPOENAS AND NOTICE TO PRODUCE (§§ 24-13-20 — 24-13-29) › Section 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.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 2 - SUBPOENAS AND NOTICE TO PRODUCE (§§ 24-13-20 — 24-13-29) › Section 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.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 3 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF PRISONERS (§§ 24-13-60 — 24-13-62) › Section 24-13-60 - Order requiring prisoner's delivery to serve as witness or criminal defendant generally; expenses; prisoner under death sentence as witness

(a)
When a prisoner confined in any state prison, county correctional institution, or other penal institution under the jurisdiction of the Board of Corrections, other than a prisoner under a death sentence, is needed as a witness in any judicial proceeding in any court of record in this state or when it is desired that such person stand trial on an indictment or accusation charging the prisoner with commission of a felony or misdemeanor, the judge of the court wherein the proceeding is pending shall be authorized to and shall issue an ex parte order, directed to the commissioner of corrections, requiring the prisoner's delivery to the sheriff of the county where the prisoner is desired as a witness or accused. The sheriff or his or her deputies shall take custody of the prisoner on the date named in the order, safely keep the prisoner pending the proceeding, and return him or her to the original place of detention after the prisoner's discharge by the trial judge.
(b)
If the prisoner was desired as a witness by this state in a criminal proceeding or if the prisoner's release to the sheriff was for the purpose of standing trial on criminal charges, the county wherein the proceeding was pending shall pay all expenses of transportation and keeping, including per diem and mileage of the sheriff, jail fees, and any other proper expense approved by the trial judge.
(c)
If the prisoner was desired as a witness by the accused in a criminal proceeding or by either party to a civil proceeding, the costs and expenses referred to in subsection (b) of this Code section shall be borne by the party requesting the prisoner as a witness. The court shall require a deposit of money sufficient to defray same, except where the judge, after examining into the matter, determines that the prisoner's presence is required by the interests of justice and that the party requesting it is financially unable to make the deposit, in which case the expenses shall be taxed as costs of court.
(d)
If a prisoner under a death sentence is needed as a witness for either the prosecution or the defense in any felony case, the requesting party may interview the proposed witness. Following such interview, the requesting party may move for a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum. Such motion shall be accompanied by a proffer of the testimony of the proposed witness. The requesting party shall make such motion and proffer as soon as possible but shall not make such motion later than 20 days prior to the date of the trial. Nothing in this Code section shall limit the right of a party from presenting a material witness at a hearing or trial and to have compulsory process for that purpose.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 3 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF PRISONERS (§§ 24-13-60 — 24-13-62) › Section 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.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 3 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF PRISONERS (§§ 24-13-60 — 24-13-62) › Section 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.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 4 - UNIFORM ACT TO SECURE THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES FROM WITHOUT THE STATE (§§ 24-13-90 — 24-13-97) › Section 24-13-90 - Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as "The Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without the State."
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 4 - UNIFORM ACT TO SECURE THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES FROM WITHOUT THE STATE (§§ 24-13-90 — 24-13-97) › Section 24-13-91 - Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
"Penal institution" means a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention.
(2)
"State" means any state or territory of the United States and the District of Columbia.
(3)
"Summons" means a subpoena, order, or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness.
(4)
"Witness" means a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal prosecution or proceeding held by the prosecution or the defense, including a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 4 - UNIFORM ACT TO SECURE THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES FROM WITHOUT THE STATE (§§ 24-13-90 — 24-13-97) › Section 24-13-94 - Procedure for compelling an out-of-state witness to attend criminal or grand jury proceedings

(a)
If a person in any state which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions or grand jury investigations commenced or about to commence in this state is a material witness in a prosecution pending in a court of record in this state or in a grand jury investigation which has commenced or is about to commence a judge of such court may issue a certificate under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness will be required. The certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this state to assure attendance in this state. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the county in which the witness is found.
(b)
If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this state, the witness shall be tendered the sum of 45¢ a mile for each mile by the ordinarily traveled route to and from the court where the prosecution is pending and $25.00 for each day that the witness is required to travel and attend as a witness. A witness who has appeared in accordance with the provisions of the summons shall not be required to remain within this state for a longer period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate, unless otherwise ordered by the court. If such witness, after coming into this state, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, the witness shall be punished in the manner provided for in Code Section
24-13-26
.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 4 - UNIFORM ACT TO SECURE THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES FROM WITHOUT THE STATE (§§ 24-13-90 — 24-13-97) › Section 24-13-95 - Procedure for compelling witness attendance of persons confined in a penal institution out of state in criminal or grand jury proceedings; order of compliance

(a)
If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state is a material witness in a criminal proceeding pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this state, a judge of the court may certify that there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal proceeding pending in the court, that a person who is confined in a penal institution in the other state is a material witness in the proceeding or investigation, and that the witness's presence will be required during a specified time. The certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the other state having jurisdiction over the confined prisoner, and a notice shall be given to the attorney general of the state in which the prisoner is confined.
(b)
The judge of the court in this state may enter an order directing compliance with the terms and conditions prescribed by the judge of the state in which the witness is confined.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 4 - UNIFORM ACT TO SECURE THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES FROM WITHOUT THE STATE (§§ 24-13-90 — 24-13-97) › Section 24-13-96 - Exemption of witnesses from arrest and service of process

(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.
Amended by 2023 Ga. Laws 353,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2023.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 4 - UNIFORM ACT TO SECURE THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES FROM WITHOUT THE STATE (§§ 24-13-90 — 24-13-97) › Section 24-13-97 - Construction

This article shall be interpreted and construed so as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of the states which enact it and shall be applicable only to such states as shall enact reciprocal powers to this state relative to the matter of securing attendance of witnesses as provided in this article.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 5 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT (§§ 24-13-110 — 24-13-116) › Section 24-13-110 - Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act."
Added by 2012 Ga. Laws 643,§ 2-1, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 5 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT (§§ 24-13-110 — 24-13-116) › Section 24-13-111 - Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
"Foreign jurisdiction" means a state other than this state.
(2)
"Foreign subpoena" means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction.
(3)
"Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(4)
"State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Native American tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(5)
"Subpoena" means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to:
(A)
Attend and give testimony at a deposition;
(B)
Produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or tangible things in the possession, custody, or control of such person; or
(C)
Permit inspection of premises under the control of such person.
Added by 2012 Ga. Laws 643,§ 2-1, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 5 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT (§§ 24-13-110 — 24-13-116) › Section 24-13-112 - Requirements for issuance of foreign subpoenas; application

(a)
To request issuance of a subpoena under this Code section, a party shall submit a foreign subpoena to the clerk of superior court of the county in which the person receiving the subpoena resides. A request for the issuance of a subpoena under this Code section shall not constitute an appearance in the courts of this state.
(b)
When a party submits a foreign subpoena to a clerk of superior court in this state, the clerk shall promptly issue and provide to the requestor a subpoena for service upon the person to which the foreign subpoena is directed.
(c)
A subpoena under subsection (b) of this Code section shall:
(1)
Incorporate the terms used in the foreign subpoena; and
(2)
Contain or be accompanied by the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all counsel of record in the proceeding to which the subpoena relates and of any party not represented by counsel.
(d)
This Code section shall only apply to a subpoena to be issued in this state if the foreign jurisdiction that issued the foreign subpoena has adopted a version of the "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act."
(e)
This Code section shall not apply to criminal proceedings.
Added by 2012 Ga. Laws 643,§ 2-1, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 5 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT (§§ 24-13-110 — 24-13-116) › Section 24-13-113 - Compelling foreign witness to appear and testify

(a)
For purposes of this Code section, the term "subpoena" shall have only the meaning set forth in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of Code Section
24-13-111
.
(b)
In addition to the mechanism for issuing subpoenas provided for in Code Section
24-13-112
, whenever any mandate, writ, or commission is issued out of any court of record in a foreign jurisdiction, a witness may be compelled by subpoena issued by the clerk of superior court of the county in which such witness resides to appear and testify in the same manner and by the same process and proceeding as may be employed for the purpose of taking testimony in proceedings pending in this state.
Added by 2012 Ga. Laws 643,§ 2-1, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 5 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT (§§ 24-13-110 — 24-13-116) › Section 24-13-114 - Service of foreign subpoena

A subpoena issued by the clerk of superior court under Code Section
24-13-112
or
24-13-113
shall be served in compliance with Code Section
24-13-23
and shall be served within a reasonable time prior to the appearance required by such subpoena.
Added by 2012 Ga. Laws 643,§ 2-1, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 5 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT (§§ 24-13-110 — 24-13-116) › Section 24-13-115 - Applicability of Article 2 to certain provisions of this article

Article 2 of this chapter shall apply to subpoenas issued under Code Section
24-13-112
or
24-13-113
.
Added by 2012 Ga. Laws 643,§ 2-1, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 5 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT (§§ 24-13-110 — 24-13-116) › Section 24-13-116 - Protective order or enforcement, quashing, or modification of foreign subpoena

An application for a protective order or to enforce, quash, or modify a subpoena issued by the clerk of superior court under Code Section
24-13-112
or
24-13-113
shall comply with the statutes and court rules of this state and shall be submitted to the superior court of the county in which the subpoena was issued.
Added by 2012 Ga. Laws 643,§ 2-1, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 6 - DEPOSITIONS TO PRESERVE TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 24-13-130 — 24-13-139) › Section 24-13-131 - Notice of deposition; presence of defendant at examination; child witness

(a)
The party at whose instance a deposition is to be taken shall give to every party reasonable written notice of the time and place for taking the deposition. The notice shall state the name and address of each person to be examined.
(b)
On motion of a party upon whom the notice is served, the court for cause shown may extend or shorten the time or change the place for taking the deposition.
(c)
The officer having custody of an accused shall be notified of the time and place set for the examination and shall, unless the accused waives in writing the right to be present, produce the accused at the examination and keep the accused in the presence of the witness during the examination unless, after being warned by the judge that disruptive conduct will cause the accused's removal from the place where the deposition is being taken, the accused persists in conduct which would justify exclusion from that place.
(d)
An accused not in custody shall have the right to be present at the examination; but failure of the accused to appear, absent good cause shown, after notice and tender of expenses, shall constitute a waiver of that right and of any objection to the taking and use of the deposition based upon that right.
(e)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this Code section, if the witness is a child, the court may order that the deposition be taken in accordance with Code Section
17-8-55
.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 6 - DEPOSITIONS TO PRESERVE TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 24-13-130 — 24-13-139) › Section 24-13-132 - Appointment of counsel; payment of costs and expenses

(a)
If an accused is financially unable to employ counsel, the court shall appoint counsel as provided in Chapter 12 of Title 17, unless the accused elects to proceed without counsel.
(b)
Whenever a deposition is taken at the instance of the state, the cost of any such deposition shall be paid by the state in the same manner as any other motion hearing that may appear on the criminal calendar.
(c)
Depositions taken at the instance of an accused shall be paid for by the accused; provided, however, that, whenever a deposition is taken at the instance of an accused who is eligible for the appointment of counsel as provided in Chapter 12 of Title 17, the court shall direct that the reasonable expenses for the taking of the deposition and of travel and subsistence of the accused and the accused's attorney for attendance at the examination, not to exceed the limits established pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 45, be paid for out of the fine and bond forfeiture fund of the county where venue is laid.
Amended by 2019 Ga. Laws 271,§ 5-1, eff. 5/7/2019.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 98,§ 3-33, eff. 7/1/2015.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 6 - DEPOSITIONS TO PRESERVE TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 24-13-130 — 24-13-139) › Section 24-13-133 - Manner of taking and filing deposition

Except as provided in Code Section
24-13-137
, a deposition shall be taken and filed in the manner provided in civil proceedings or any nonjury motion hearing, provided that (1) in no event shall a deposition be taken of an accused party without his or her consent and (2) the scope of examination and cross-examination shall be such as would be allowed in the trial itself. On request or waiver by the accused, the court may direct that a deposition be taken on written interrogatories in the manner provided in civil proceedings. Such request shall constitute a waiver by the accused of any objection to the taking and use of the deposition based upon its being so taken. If a judge has been designated to rule on objections or to preside over the deposition, objections to interrogation of the witness shall be made to and ruled on by such judge in the same manner as at the trial of a criminal proceeding.
Amended by 2019 Ga. Laws 271,§ 5-2, eff. 5/7/2019.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 6 - DEPOSITIONS TO PRESERVE TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 24-13-130 — 24-13-139) › Section 24-13-134 - Availability to state and defendant of deponent's previous statements

The state or the accused shall make available to each other, for examination and use at the taking of a deposition pursuant to this article, any statement of the witness being deposed which is in the possession of the state or the accused and which would be required to be made available if the witness were testifying at the trial.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 6 - DEPOSITIONS TO PRESERVE TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 24-13-130 — 24-13-139) › Section 24-13-135 - Admissibility and use of deposition

At the trial or upon any hearing, a part or all of a deposition, so far as otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, may be used if the witness is unavailable. Any deposition may also be used by any party for the purpose of contradicting or impeaching the testimony of the deponent as a witness. If only a part of a deposition is offered in evidence by a party, an adverse party may require the offering of all of it which is relevant to the part offered, and any party may offer other parts. A witness is not unavailable if the exemption, refusal to testify, claim of lack of memory, inability, or absence of such witness is due to the procurement or wrongdoing of the party offering the deposition at the hearing or trial for the purpose of preventing the witness from attending or testifying.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 6 - DEPOSITIONS TO PRESERVE TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 24-13-130 — 24-13-139) › Section 24-13-136 - Objections to admission of deposition

Objections to receiving in evidence a deposition or part thereof may be made as provided in civil proceedings.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 6 - DEPOSITIONS TO PRESERVE TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 24-13-130 — 24-13-139) › Section 24-13-137 - Recordation of deposition

(a)
Any party shall have the right to require that the deposition be recorded and preserved by the use of audio-visual equipment in addition to a stenographic record. The audio-visual recording shall be transmitted to the clerk of the court which ordered the deposition and shall be made available for viewing and copying only to the prosecuting attorney and accused's attorney prior to trial. An audio-visual recording made pursuant to this Code section shall not be available for inspection or copying by the public until such audio-visual recording has been admitted into evidence during a trial or hearing in the case in which such deposition is made.
(b)
An audio-visual recording made pursuant to this Code section may be admissible at a trial or hearing as an alternative to the stenographic record of the deposition.
(c)
A stenographic record of the deposition contemplated in this Code section shall be made pursuant to Code Section
9-11-28
.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 6 - DEPOSITIONS TO PRESERVE TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 24-13-130 — 24-13-139) › Section 24-13-138 - Agreement of parties to deposition

Nothing in this article shall preclude the taking of a deposition, orally or upon written questions, or the use of a deposition by agreement of the parties with the consent of the court.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 6 - DEPOSITIONS TO PRESERVE TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 24-13-130 — 24-13-139) › Section 24-13-139 - Depositions taken only in exceptional circumstances; misuse of procedures

It is the intent of the General Assembly that depositions shall be taken in criminal proceedings only in exceptional circumstances when it is in the interests of justice that the testimony of a prospective witness be taken and preserved for use at trial. If the court finds that any party or counsel for a party is using the procedures set forth in this article for the purpose of harassment or delay, such conduct may be punished as contempt of court.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 7 - PERPETUATION OF TESTIMONY (§§ 24-13-150 — 24-13-154) › Section 24-13-150 - Proceedings to perpetuate testimony

Superior courts may entertain proceedings for the perpetuation of testimony in all proceedings in which the fact to which the testimony relates cannot immediately be made the subject of investigation at law and in which, for any cause, the common-law proceeding authorized under this title is not as available, or as completely available, as a proceeding in equity.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 7 - PERPETUATION OF TESTIMONY (§§ 24-13-150 — 24-13-154) › Section 24-13-151 - Inadequacy of usual proceeding to be shown

A petition for discovery merely or to perpetuate testimony shall not be sustained unless some reason is shown why the usual proceeding at law is inadequate.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 7 - PERPETUATION OF TESTIMONY (§§ 24-13-150 — 24-13-154) › Section 24-13-152 - Materiality of possession of property; availability of parties in interest

The possession of the property is immaterial; nor shall the proceeding be denied though all parties in interest cannot be ascertained or reached.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 7 - PERPETUATION OF TESTIMONY (§§ 24-13-150 — 24-13-154) › Section 24-13-153 - Use of testimony

Testimony taken in the proceedings contemplated under Code Section
24-13-150
shall be used only from the necessity of the case, but in such case may be used against all persons, whether parties to the proceeding or not.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 24 - EVIDENCE (§§ 24-1-1 — 24-99-3) › Chapter 13 - SECURING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE (§§ 24-13-1 — 24-13-154) › Article 7 - PERPETUATION OF TESTIMONY (§§ 24-13-150 — 24-13-154) › Section 24-13-154 - Costs of proceedings

The complainant shall in all cases be taxed with the costs of proceedings to perpetuate testimony.
Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.