Georgia Code, Title 15, Chapter 18, Article 1 - General Provisions
- § 15-18-1 - District Attorney As Successor to Solicitor-General
The district attorney is the successor to the office of solicitor-general as it existed prior to July 1, 1977.
- § 15-18-2 - Oath of Office
The district attorney shall take the following oath: "I do swear that I will faithfully and impartially and without fear, favor, or affection discharge...
- § 15-18-3 - Qualifications
To be eligible to fill the office of district attorney, a person must: (1) Have been a resident citizen of this state three years...
- § 15-18-4 - Effect of Attachment of County of Residence to Different Circuit
A person who has been appointed or elected district attorney of any circuit cannot be deprived of his office by the attachment of the...
- § 15-18-4.1 - District Attorney Performing Ordered Military Duty
(a) Any district attorney who is performing ordered military duty, as defined in Code Section 38-2-279, shall be eligible for reelection in any election,...
- § 15-18-5 - Appointment of Substitute for Absent or Disqualified District Attorney
(a) When a district attorney's office is disqualified from interest or relationship to engage in a prosecution, the district attorney shall notify the Attorney...
- § 15-18-6 - Duties of District Attorney
The duties of the district attorneys within their respective circuits are: (1) To attend each session of the superior courts unless excused by the...
- § 15-18-6.1 - Representation of State in Juvenile Court Cases
(a) The district attorney shall be responsible for representing the state in any appeal from the juvenile court. Except as provided in subsection (c)...
- § 15-18-7 - Representation of State in Criminal Cases Removed to Federal Court
Whenever any criminal prosecution commenced by this state against any person for a violation of the laws of this state is removed to a...
- § 15-18-8 - Appointment of District Attorney As Counsel for State Officers Investigated, Charged, Accused, or Indicted for Federal Violation in Performance of Duty
Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1319, § 2, effective July 1, 1997.
- § 15-18-9 - Authority to Enter Nolle Prosequi
The district attorney has authority, on the terms prescribed by law, to enter a nolle prosequi on indictments.
- § 15-18-10 - (for Effective Date, See Note.) Compensation of District Attorneys; Private Practice of Law Prohibited
(a) (For effective date, see note.) Each district attorney shall receive an annual salary from state funds as prescribed by law. Such salary shall...
- § 15-18-10.1 - (Effective January 1, 2016) Annual Accountability Supplement; Exception
(a) Whenever a circuit has implemented a drug court division, mental health court division, or veterans court division, then on and after January 1,...
- § 15-18-11 - Supplementation of Compensation for Services Under Code Section 19-11-23
In addition to any other compensation or county supplement provided by law, any county, by appropriate action of the county governing authority, is authorized...
- § 15-18-12 - Travel Expenses; Provision of County Vehicle; Budget Request for State Funds
(a) The district attorney and any personnel compensated by the state pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be entitled to receive, in...
- § 15-18-13 - Payment of Costs in Appellate Courts
The bill of costs and any filing fees in appeals or applications filed in the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals on behalf...
- § 15-18-14 - Appointment of Assistant District Attorneys; Qualifications; Compensation
(a) (1) Subject to the provisions of this Code section, the district attorney in each judicial circuit is authorized to appoint: (A) One attorney...
- § 15-18-14.1 - Investigators; Qualifications; Powers; Compensation
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Code section, the district attorney in each judicial circuit is authorized to appoint one investigator to assist...
- § 15-18-14.2 - Victim Assistance Coordinator
(a) Subject to such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly or which are otherwise available to the State of Georgia for...
- § 15-18-15 - Chief Assistant District Attorney; Powers and Duties in District Attorney's Absence
(a) The district attorney may designate in writing an assistant district attorney as the chief assistant district attorney. In addition to such assistant district...
- § 15-18-16 - Substitution of Assistant on Death or Resignation of District Attorney
Upon the death or resignation of a district attorney, the chief assistant district attorney or, if there is no chief assistant district attorney, the...
- § 15-18-17 - Employment of Administrative Personnel Generally
(a) Each district attorney is authorized to employ such administrative, clerical, and paraprofessional personnel as may be authorized by the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of...
- § 15-18-18 - Alternate Hiring Procedure for Secretaries
Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. 577, § 9/SB 396, effective July 1, 2008.
- § 15-18-19 - State Paid Personnel; Salary Schedules
(a) All state paid personnel employed by the district attorneys pursuant to this article shall be employees of the judicial branch of state government...
- § 15-18-20 - Additional Personnel As State Employees
(a) The district attorney in each judicial circuit may employ such additional assistant district attorneys, deputy district attorneys, or other attorneys, investigators, paraprofessionals, clerical...
- § 15-18-20.1 - Additional Personnel for District Attorney's Office
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing authority of any county or municipality within the judicial circuit which provides additional personnel for the...
- § 15-18-21 - Qualifications of Attorneys and Investigators Employed by District Attorney
(a) Any assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney, or other attorney at law employed by the district attorney who is compensated in whole or...
- § 15-18-22 - Use of Third-Year Law Students and Law School Staff Instructors As Legal Assistants in Criminal Proceedings
(a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as "The Law School Public Prosecutor Act of 1970."(b) With the increasing docket...
- § 15-18-23 - Office Expenses
The governing authority of the county or counties comprising each judicial circuit shall provide all offices, utilities, telephone expenses, materials, and supplies as may...
- § 15-18-24 - Liability of District Attorney; Failure to Comply As Ground for Impeachment
If a district attorney fails to comply with Code Section 15-18-6, he is liable to rule as are attorneys at law, with all the...
- § 15-18-25 - Fine for Failure to Attend Courts
If a district attorney fails to attend on the courts of his circuit as required, without just cause, he is liable to be fined...
- § 15-18-26 - Taking Money or Thing of Value in Exchange for Official Actions; Ground for Impeachment
If a district attorney takes or agrees to take from any person money or any other valuable thing which is not authorized by law,...
- § 15-18-27 - Allegation of Indictable Offense Committed by District Attorney or Staff Member; Procedure If True Bill Found
(a) When any person makes an affidavit before a judge of the superior court which alleges that the district attorney or a member of...
- § 15-18-28 - Personnel Positions Continuation After April 11, 1990
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, each personnel position in the office of a district attorney, which position exists or...
- § 15-18-29 - Honorary Office of District Attorney Emeritus
(a) There is created the honorary office of district attorney emeritus of the State of Georgia. Any district attorney of this state who retires...
- § 15-18-30 - Temporary Assistance of Retired Prosecuting Attorney
(a) As used in this Code section, "retired prosecuting attorney" means a retired district attorney, assistant district attorney, solicitor-general, assistant solicitor-general, or retired attorney...
- § 15-18-31 - Referrals to Defensive Driving Programs
When a prosecuting attorney determines that prosecution of a traffic offense, or municipal ordinance involving a traffic offense, is or is not warranted, and...
Last modified: October 14, 2016