{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-6-20","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 9-6-20","heading":"When mandamus may issue.","body":"All official duties should be faithfully performed, and whenever, from any cause, a defect of legal justice would ensue from a failure to perform or from improper performance, the writ of mandamus may issue to compel a due performance if there is no other specific legal remedy for the legal rights; provided, however, that no writ of mandamus to compel the removal of a judge shall issue where no motion to recuse has been filed, if such motion is available, or where a motion to recuse has been denied after assignment to a separate judge for hearing.","path":["TITLE 9 Civil Practice","CHAPTER 6 Extraordinary Writs","Article 2 Mandamus"],"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":"5d4ca8f51cc7e8d3765bc18a4e162503d9f3738b4e7ab0e49c0bf47171ba0cbf","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-6-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-6-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}