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 2. TAX COLLECTORS

48-5-124. Liability of tax collectors, tax commissioners, and sureties; action on bond.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
Tax collectors, tax commissioners, and their sureties are liable on their bonds for all penalties or forfeitures they may incur under the law and for all losses, damages, or expenses the state may sustain by reason of their conduct.#
(b)
An action may be brought on a tax collector’s or tax commissioner’s bond only when some emergency makes the action necessary.#

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History

Orig. Code 1863, § 864; Code 1868, § 943; Code 1873, § 940; Code 1882, § 940; Civil Code 1895, § 972; Civil Code 1910, § 1239; Code 1933, § 92-4810; Code 1933, § 91A-1327, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.

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