§ 17-13-45 - Immunity from service of process of persons brought into state in civil actions based on facts in criminal charge - Georgia Statutes

O.C.G.A. 17-13-45 (2010)
17-13-45. Immunity from service of process of persons brought into state in civil actions based on facts in criminal charge

A person brought into this state by or after waiver of extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceedings to answer which he is being or has been returned until he has been convicted in the criminal proceeding; or, if acquitted, until he has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which he was extradited.