{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-6-654","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 24-6-654","heading":"Indigent hearing impaired defendants to be provided with interpreters.","body":"(a) A court shall provide a court qualified interpreter to any hearing impaired person whenever the hearing impaired person has been provided with a public defender or court appointed legal counsel.\n(b) The court qualified interpreter authorized by this Code section shall be present at all times when the hearing impaired person is consulting with legal counsel.","path":["TITLE 24 EvidenceCHAPTER 99.","CHAPTER 6 Witnesses","Article 3 Use of Sign Language and Intermediary Interpreter in Administrative and Judicial Proceedings"],"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":"b8f891161b9e3b25ea3a03ed59b89b77f9d376f2e87d868020c5c7fca889961c","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-6-653","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-6-655"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}