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O.C.G.A. § 15-11-5

Computations of time

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Trimble v. State (1984)

Most recently applied in 754 So. 2d 1 - Brennan v. State (July 1999)

— Code 1981, § 15-11-5, enacted by Ga

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(a) When a period of time measured in days, weeks, months, years, or

other measurements of time is prescribed for the exercise of any privilege or the discharge of any duty, the first day shall not be counted but the last day shall be counted; and, if the last day falls on a weekend, the party having such privilege or duty shall have through the following business day to exercise such privilege or discharge such duty.

(b) When the last day prescribed for the exercise of any privilege or the discharge of any duty falls on a public and legal holiday as set forth

in Code Section 1-4-1, the party having such privilege or duty shall have through the next business day to exercise such privilege or discharge

such duty.

(c) When the period of time prescribed is less than seven days, intermediate weekends and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.