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title: O.C.G.A. § 48-11-20. Venue as to violations of chapter; commissioner’s certificate as prima-facie evidence.
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# O.C.G.A. § 48-11-20. Venue as to violations of chapter; commissioner’s certificate as prima-facie evidence.

The failure to do any act required by this chapter shall be deemed an act committed in part at the office of the commissioner in Atlanta. The certificate of the commissioner to the effect that any act required by this chapter has not been done shall be prima-facie evidence that the act has not been done.

## History

Ga. L. 1955, p. 268, § 23; Code 1933, § 91A-5521, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 2020, p. 257, § 2/SB 375.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2020, p. 257, § 2/SB 375, reenacted this Code section without change.

## Law Reviews

For note discussing problems with venue in Georgia, and proposing statutory revisions to improve the resolution of venue questions, see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 254 (1972).