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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

16-1-12. Restrictions on contingency fee compensation of attorney appointed to represent state in forfeiture action.

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

  1. (a)

    In any forfeiture action brought pursuant to this title, an attorney appointed by the Attorney General or district attorney as a special assistant attorney general, special assistant district attorney, or other attorney appointed to represent this state in such forfeiture action shall not be compensated on a contingent basis by a percentage of assets which arise or are realized from such forfeiture action. Such attorneys shall also not be compensated on a contingent basis by an hourly, fixed fee, or other arrangement which is contingent on a successful prosecution of such forfeiture action.#

  2. (b)

    Nothing in this Code section shall be construed as prohibiting or otherwise restricting the Attorney General or a district attorney from appointing special assistants or other attorneys to assist in the prosecution of any action brought pursuant to this title.#

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

Code 1981, § 16-1-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1035, § 2/SB 181.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2012, p. 1035, § 3/SB 181, approved by the Governor May 2, 2012, provided that the effective date of this Code section is July 1, 2011. See Op. Att’y Gen. No. 76-76 for construction of effective date provisions that precede the date of approval by the Governor.

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

Text read from t16-ch1-6-(v14)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V14, 2019 edition, page 135; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 7e331f0ca7d3.