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title: O.C.G.A. § 48-3-25. Remittance of money collected on process.
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# O.C.G.A. § 48-3-25. Remittance of money collected on process.

When an officer collects money on process issued pursuant to this chapter or on any other process issued by the commissioner, the officer shall immediately remit the money to the commissioner by some safe and speedy method. Upon failure to do so, the officer shall be liable as he would be to other plaintiffs in execution.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 808; Code 1868, § 887; Code 1873, § 884; Code 1882, § 884; Civil Code 1895, § 882; Civil Code 1910, § 1139; Code 1933, § 92-7308; Code 1933, § 91A-306, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.