{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-12-21","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-12-21","heading":"Qualifications for public defender position.","body":"To be eligible to fill the position of circuit public defender, a person must:\n(1) Have attained the age of 25 years;\n(2) Have been duly admitted and licensed to practice law in the superior courts for at least three years;\n(3) Be a member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia; and\n(4) If previously disbarred from the practice of law, have been reinstated as provided by law.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 12 Legal Defense For Indigents","Article 2 Public Defenders"],"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":"e21c55cd03577b40c71365515f616ea184f53db1469cfa9161893d22a72d0661","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-12-20","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-12-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}