{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-46","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-7-46","heading":"Immunity of grand jurors from action for malicious prosecution; liability of person instigating presentment.","body":"(a) No member of a grand jury shall be subject to an action for malicious prosecution based upon a presentment made by the grand jury.\n(b) If a presentment is made at the instigation of a third person, from malice on his part and without probable cause, he shall be liable to an action for malicious prosecution just as if he were named as prosecutor.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 7 False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, and Abusive Litigation","Article 3 Malicious Prosecution"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.51.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":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"b9a9ccd91cf1895f22d3fd4dd9fa272602616bded3d245454bd50e9f363b819b","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-45","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-47"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}