---
title: O.C.G.A. § 32-2-77. Liability of treasurer of the department or other appropriate authority and state to contractor or surety.
collection: code
id: 32-2-77
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 32-2-77 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-2-77
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-2-77.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-2-77/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t32-(v23a)-2019-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=b4b1408c_0#page=76
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-2.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-2-76.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/32-2-78.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES / DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION / EXERCISE OF POWER TO CONTRACT GENERALLY
---

# O.C.G.A. § 32-2-77. Liability of treasurer of the department or other appropriate authority and state to contractor or surety.

Neither the treasurer of the department or the appropriate authority nor the state shall be liable to the contractor or his surety for the failure of the escrow agent to perform under the escrow agreement, or for the failure of any bank to honor certificates of deposits issued by it which are held in the escrow account.

## History

Ga. L. 1971, p. 635, § 3.