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# O.C.G.A. § 1-3-6. When laws become obligatory; effect of ignorance.

After they take effect, the laws of this state are obligatory upon all the inhabitants thereof. Ignorance of the law excuses no one.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 8; Code 1868, § 7; Code 1873, § 7; Code 1882, § 7; Civil Code 1895, § 7; Penal Code 1895, § 4; Civil Code 1910, § 7; Penal Code 1910, § 4; Code 1933, § 102-105.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey of law on administrative law, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2010).