{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-1-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-1-2","heading":"Maintenance of penal actions.","body":"A “penal action” is an action allowed in pursuance of public justice under particular laws. If no special officer is authorized to be the plaintiff therein, the state, the Governor, the Attorney General, or the prosecuting attorney may be the plaintiff.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.17.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":"df878c32785a4eedc3aa076a41625435630fb8b931d17d54c923df5725ec5bda","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-1-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-1-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}