---
title: O.C.G.A. § 13-8-4. Liability of stakeholder of money risked on wager.
collection: code
id: 13-8-4
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 13-8-4 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/13-8-4
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/13-8-4.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/13-8-4/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t13-(v11)-2010-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=e4dbdcfd_0#page=555
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/13-8.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/13-8-3.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/13-8-11.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: CONTRACTS / ILLEGAL AND VOID CONTRACTS GENERALLY / GENERAL PROVISIONS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 13-8-4. Liability of stakeholder of money risked on wager.

A stakeholder of money risked on a wager shall be obligated to repay the money to the party depositing it, upon demand, before it is actually paid to the winner; but if he pays the money to the winner bona fide, and without notice of the depositor’s intention to retract, he shall not be liable for such payment.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2809; Code 1868, § 2817; Code 1873, § 2868; Code 1882, § 2868; Civil Code 1895, § 3721; Civil Code 1910, § 4315; Code 1933, § 20-1005.