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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 19. ATTORNEYS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-19-6. Handling client’s funds.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. Without special authority, attorneys cannot receive anything in discharge of a client’s claim but the full amount in cash.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 383; Code 1868, § 444; Code 1873, § 409; Code 1882, § 409; Civil Code 1895, § 4418; Civil Code 1910, § 4956; Code 1933, § 9-606.

Law reviews

For article on the law concerning settlements negotiated by attorneys, see 29 Ga. St. B.J. 10 (1992).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t15-ch12-24-(v13a)-2015-pdf.pdf, Volume V13A, 2015 edition, pages 379 to 380; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 3ead04cf60ab.