Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 45. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Chapter 11. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES CONCERNING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

45-11-6. Demanding more than legal fees for advertising.

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Any judge of the probate court, sheriff, coroner, clerk, marshal, or other officer who shall receive, collect, or demand other and greater fees for any legal advertising than are provided by law shall be guilty of extortion as defined in Code Section 45-11-5 and shall be punished as provided in that Code section.

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

Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 81, § 2; Code 1863, § 3634; Code 1868, § 3659; Code 1882, § 3704b; Penal Code 1895, § 303; Penal Code 1910, § 307; Code 1933, § 89-9911; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 45.

Cross references

Rates for legal advisements, § 9-13-143.

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