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Title 38. MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS · Chapter 2. MILITARY AFFAIRS · Article 5. CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE · Part 11. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

38-2-1142. Fines for contempt; methods of collection and payment.

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

  1. (a)

    Fines collected as a result of being found in contempt shall be collected in the following manner:#

    1. (1)

      By cash or money order;#

    2. (2)

      By retention of any pay or allowances due or to become due to the person fined from another state or the United States; or#

    3. (3)

      By garnishment or levy, together with costs, on the wages, goods, and chattels of a person delinquent in paying a fine, as provided by law.#

  2. (b)

    Any sum so received or retained shall be deposited in the military justice fund as provided in Code Section 38-2-170.#

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, § 38-2-1142, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.

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

Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 523; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.