---
title: O.C.G.A. § 17-10-18. Notification to seek enhanced penalty.
collection: code
id: 17-10-18
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 17-10-18 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-10-18
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-10-18.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-10-18/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t17-(v15)-2020-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=8c04ccfe_0#page=1182
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/17-10.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-10-17.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-10-19.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: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE / SENTENCE AND PUNISHMENT / PROCEDURE FOR SENTENCING AND IMPOSITION OF PUNISHMENT
---

# O.C.G.A. § 17-10-18. Notification to seek enhanced penalty.

At any time after the filing of an indictment or accusation but not later than the arraignment, the state shall notify the defendant of its intention to seek the enhanced penalty or penalties authorized by Code Section 17-10-17. The notice shall be in writing and shall allege the specific factor or factors authorizing an enhanced sentence in the case pursuant to Code Section 17-10-17.

## History

Code 1981, § 17-10-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 224, § 1.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2000, p. 224, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provided in part that this Code section is applicable to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2000.