{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-13-31","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-13-31","heading":"Duty of district attorney to answer and defend habeas corpus action.","body":"The district attorney shall answer and defend any habeas corpus action brought under this article, which action contests the issuance, execution, or validity of a Governor’s warrant of arrest, unless the Governor shall direct the Attorney General to answer and defend the habeas corpus action.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 13 Criminal Extradition","Article 2 Uniform Criminal Extradition Act"],"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":"63d51c7b67b9dca9641509c89980360b82cbedaeb3ac0e217d7054788697ec0d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-13-30","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-13-32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}