{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-13-91","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 24-13-91","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article, the term:\n(1) “Penal institution” means a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention.\n(2) “State” means any state or territory of the United States and the District of Columbia.\n(3) “Summons” means a subpoena, order, or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness.\n(4) “Witness” means a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal prosecution or proceeding held by the prosecution or the defense, including a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state.","path":["TITLE 24 EvidenceCHAPTER 99.","CHAPTER 13 Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence","Article 4 Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without the State"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.24.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":"18964b70208139297c68050f5483483fae7707c454e30cb0f488da33022555a9","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-13-90","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-13-92"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}