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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-13-56. Liability of court or law enforcement personnel.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-13-56. Liability of court or law enforcement personnel.

(a) The state and any local or state law enforcement officer, court official, or official of the registry shall be held harmless for any delay or failure to file a protective order or modification thereof, to transmit information contained in a protective order or modification thereof, or to enter such information in the registry.

(b) The state and any local or state law enforcement officer, court official, or official of the registry shall be held harmless for acting in reliance upon information registered in the registry or information received for the purpose of entry in the registry.

## History

Code 1981, § 19-13-56, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 101, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1349, § 6/HB 452.