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# O.C.G.A. § 45-15-7. Discretion of comptroller general as to requirement of services of Attorney General or of district attorneys.

When the services of a district attorney are necessary in collecting or securing any claim of the state in any part of the state, the comptroller general may, in his discretion, require the Attorney General to command the services of the Department of Law or of the district attorneys in their respective circuits in such cases.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 345; Code 1868, § 406; Code 1873, § 371; Code 1882, § 371; Civil Code 1895, § 222; Civil Code 1910, § 256; Code 1933, § 40-1604; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 45/HB 79.