{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-14-16","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 9-14-16","heading":"When person not to be discharged.","body":"No person shall be discharged upon the hearing of a writ of habeas corpus in the following cases:\n(1) When he is imprisoned under lawful process issued from a court of competent jurisdiction unless his case is one in which bail is allowed and proper bail is tendered;\n(2) By reason of any irregularity in the warrant or commitment where the same substantially conforms to the requirements of law;\n(3) For want of bond to prosecute;\n(4) When the person is imprisoned under a bench warrant which is regular upon its face;\n(5) By reason of any misnomer in the warrant or commitment when the court is satisfied that the person detained is the party charged with the offense;\n(6) When the person is in custody for a contempt of court and the court has not exceeded its jurisdiction in the length of the imprisonment imposed; or\n(7) In any other case in which it appears that the detention is authorized by law.","path":["TITLE 9 Civil Practice","CHAPTER 14 Habeas Corpus","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.09.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":"ceb825b45b3804f9a7791e18324648c966b8ee309308dcc7426a7abc0b04fe88","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-14-15","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-14-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}