Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 34. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS · Chapter 9. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION · Article 6. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION · Part 3. LIMITATIONS ON PAYMENT

34-9-245. Repayment of overpayment by claimant.

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

Should the board find that a claimant has received an overpayment of income benefits from the employer, for any reason, the board shall have the authority to order repayment on terms acceptable to the parties or within the discretion of the board. No claim for reimbursement shall be allowed where the application for reimbursement is filed more than two years from the date such overpayment was made.

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.

History

Code 1981, § 34-9-245, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 817, § 6.

Law reviews

For annual survey of workers’ compensation law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 453 (2006). For survey article on workers’ compensation law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 433 (2008).

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