Georgia § 9-10-50 - When venue may be changed; how county for transfer to be selected; subsequent change of venue.
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§ 9-10-50. When venue may be changed; how county for transfer to be selected; subsequent change of venue.
Whenever, by an examination voir dire of the persons whose names are on the jury list and who are compellable to serve on the jury, the presiding judge is satisfied that an impartial jury cannot be obtained in the county where any civil case is pending, the civil case may be transferred to any county that may be agreed upon by the parties or their counsel. In the event the parties or their counsel fail or refuse to agree upon any county in which to try the case pending, the judge may select the county in which the same shall be tried and have the case transferred accordingly. When any civil case has been once transferred, the judge may again change the venue from the county to which the transfer was first made to any other county, in the same manner as the venue was first changed from the county in which the civil case was originally commenced. (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 35, § 1; Civil Code 1895, §§ 4955, 4956; Civil Code 1910, §§ 5532, 5533; Code 1933, §§ 3-207, 3-208.) Law reviews. - For article surveying developments in Georgia trial practice and procedure from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 275 (1981). For note discussing problems with venue in Georgia, and proposing statutory revisions to improve the resolution of venue questions, see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 254 (1972).
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