{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-9-47","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 9-9-47","heading":"Effects of failure to state facts supporting claim, failure to put forward statement of defense, or failure to appear at hearing or to produce documentary evidence.","body":"Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, if, without showing sufficient cause:\n(1) The claimant fails to communicate his or her statement of claim in accordance with subsection (a) of Code Section 9-9-45, the arbitration tribunal shall terminate the proceedings;\n(2) The respondent fails to communicate his or her statement of defense in accordance with subsection (a) of Code Section 9-9-45, the arbitration tribunal shall continue the proceedings without treating such failure in itself as an admission of the claimant’s allegations; and\n(3) Any party fails to appear at a hearing or to produce documentary evidence, the arbitration tribunal may continue the proceedings and make the arbitration award on the evidence before it.","path":["TITLE 9 Civil Practice","CHAPTER 9 Arbitration","Article 1 General Provisions","PART 2 International Commercial Arbitration Code"],"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":"90109560144cf31e6011d9bcb0992b7b7d8972bdb7115d799fb56ce7016dece7","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-9-46","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-9-48"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}