{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-6-615","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 24-6-615","heading":"Exclusion of witnesses.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 24-6-616, at the request of a party the court shall order witnesses excluded so that each witness cannot hear the testimony of other witnesses, and it may make the order on its own motion. This Code section shall not authorize exclusion of:\n(1) A party who is a natural person;\n(2) An officer or employee of a party which is not a natural person designated as its representative by its attorney; or\n(3) A person whose presence is shown by a party to be essential to the presentation of the party’s cause.","path":["TITLE 24 EvidenceCHAPTER 99.","CHAPTER 6 Witnesses","Article 1 General Provisions"],"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":"3cea311e607e40c75c2a8694192ea4708f5b32d4bd64e5ed25abab28ca4c98f5","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-6-614","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-6-616"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}