Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 22. WRONGFUL CONVICTION AND INCARCERATION COMPENSATION

17-22-8. Exemptions relating to compensation; attorney’s fees.

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(a)
Any award of compensation made pursuant to this chapter shall not be:#
1. (1)
  Subject to any monetary limitation of damages awarded in civil actions;#
2. (2)
  Subject to any state income taxes; or#
3. (3)
  Reduced by any expense related to the claimant’s wrongful incarceration incurred by the state or any political subdivision thereof.#
(b)
No attorney shall collect any fees, costs, or expenses from a claimant in connection with obtaining relief under this chapter, including any fees, costs, or expenses calculated on a contingency basis, except for the amounts awarded under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Code Section 17-22-7.#

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, § 17-22-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2025, p. 887, § 2-1/SB 244, effective July 1, 2025.

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