{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-6-13","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-6-13","heading":"Disqualified judge to procure replacement; failure as ground of impeachment.","body":"(a) When from any cause a judge of the superior court is disqualified from presiding in a matter, he shall procure the services of another superior court judge to try the matter, even if he has to call for a special term of court for that purpose.\n(b) Failure of a judge to comply with subsection (a) of this Code section within a reasonable time, when it is in his power to do so, is a ground of impeachment.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 6 Superior Courts","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"ffc5a38a95d9454ffdcd6c1419bcc151122a87a7fa6367269acdce86a97baa1e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-6-12","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-6-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}