Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 21. PAYMENT AND DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-21-9. Lien of officers for payment of insolvent costs.

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The officers of court shall have a lien upon all funds arising from fines and bond forfeitures for the payment of their insolvent costs.

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

Ga. L. 1875, p. 88, § 1; Code 1882, § 4654; Penal Code 1895, § 1085; Penal Code 1910, § 1112; Code 1933, § 27-2910; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 3-32/HB 233.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure.’’

Cross references

Liens generally, § 44-14-320 et seq.

Other notes

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted ‘‘fines and bond forfeitures’’ for ‘‘fines and forfeitures’’ in the middle of this Code section. See editor’s note for applicability.

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