{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-9-4","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-9-4","heading":"Validity of judgment rendered by court having no jurisdiction of person or subject matter.","body":"The judgment of a court having no jurisdiction of the person or subject matter, or void for any other cause, is a mere nullity and may be so held in any court when it becomes material to the interest of the parties to consider it.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 9 Verdict and Judgment Generally","Article 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":"b1cdb0b73b811e18075ceaf025dce4dcb5b73960ad709dfc1cdc85240b2318f5","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-9-3","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-9-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}