Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 48. REVENUE AND TAXATION · Chapter 5. AD VALOREM TAXATION OF PROPERTY · Article 3. COUNTY TAX OFFICIALS AND ADMINISTRATION · Part 1. TAX RECEIVERS

48-5-104. Refusal by tax receiver or tax commissioner to receive returns; penalty.

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(a)
It shall be unlawful for any tax receiver or tax commissioner to refuse to receive any return of taxes when the return is properly tendered in the presence of a witness and within the time required by law.#
(b)
Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#

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History

Orig. Code 1863, § 846; Code 1868, § 925; Code 1873, § 922; Code 1882, § 922; Ga. L. 1895, p. 63, § 2; Penal Code 1895, § 274; Penal Code 1910, § 277; Code 1933, § 92-9918; Code 1933, § 91A9910, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.

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