Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 25. FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY · Chapter 13. MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, AND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS NOMENCLATURE

25-13-9. Actions for civil damages.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Any person who has given money or any other item of value to another person due in part to such person’s use of the nomenclature or symbol of a department in violation of this chapter may maintain a suit for damages against the violator. Where it is proven that the violation was willful, the victim shall be entitled to recover treble damages, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney’s fees.

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, § 25-13-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 772, § 1.

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