Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 23. EQUITY · Chapter 3. EQUITABLE REMEDIES AND PROCEEDINGS GENERALLY · Article 6. TAXPAYER PROTECTION AGAINST FALSE CLAIMS

23-3-124. Venue.

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All civil actions brought under this article in a court of this state shall be brought in the county where the defendant or any one defendant, in the case of multiple defendants or defendants who are not residents of the State of Georgia, resides, can be found, transacts business, or commits an act in furtherance of the submittal of a false or fraudulent claim to the state or local government. Civil actions under this article may be brought in courts of the United States and other states if there is pendent jurisdiction.

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.

Code 1981, § 23-3-124, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 127, § 1-2/HB 822.

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