Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 12. PRISON LITIGATION REFORM
42-12-7. Deductions from prisoner’s accounts; payment of costs and fees as condition of parole.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (a)
Fifty percent of the average monthly balance of the prisoner’s account for the preceding 12 months during which the prisoner’s account had a positive balance shall be deducted from the prisoner’s account and paid over to the clerk of court for each instance that a court finds that the prisoner has done any of the following:#
- (1)
Filed a false, frivolous, or malicious action or claim with the court;#
- (2)
Brought an action or claim with the court solely or primarily for delay or harassment;#
- (3)
Unreasonably expanded or delayed a judicial proceeding;#
- (4)
Testified falsely or otherwise submitted false evidence or information to the court;#
- (5)
Attempted to create or obtain a false affidavit, testimony, or evidence; or#
- (6)
Abused the discovery process in any judicial action or proceeding.#
- (b)
Payment of any past due court costs and fees incurred by the prisoner may be, pursuant to this subsection, a condition of parole, at the discretion of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.#
History
Code 1981, § 42-12-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 400, § 1.
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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