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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-11-34. Verification; immunity from liability.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-11-34. Verification; immunity from liability.

(a) The child support enforcement agency may contact a financial institution to obtain verification of the account number, the names and social security numbers listed for the account, and the account balance of any account held by an obligor. A financial institution may require positive voice recognition and the telephone number of the authorized person from the child support enforcement agency before releasing an obligor’s account information by telephone.

(b) The financial institution is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise be incurred or imposed for any information released by the financial institution to the child support enforcement agency pursuant to this Code section.

(c) Neither the financial institution nor the child support enforcement agency is liable for the cost of any early withdrawal penalty of an obligor’s certificate of deposit.

## History

Code 1981, § 19-11-34, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 31; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 2-3/SB 137.

## Law Reviews

For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).