{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-14-40","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 24-14-40","heading":"Evidence of identity; burden in civil proceedings.","body":"(a) Concordance of name alone is some evidence of identity. Residence, vocation, ownership of property, and other like facts may be proved. Reasonable certainty shall be all that is be required.\n(b) In civil proceedings, parties shall generally be relieved from the onus of proving identity, as it is a fact generally more easily disproved than established.","path":["TITLE 24 EvidenceCHAPTER 99.","CHAPTER 14 Proof Generally","Article 3 Particular Matters of Proof"],"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":"a6659a0459fbbd3f220d85e50a0e718f4679ced5dae5bf50636d8ddee4495573","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-14-29","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-14-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}