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# O.C.G.A. § 48-5-18. Time for making tax returns.

Each tax commissioner and tax receiver shall open his or her books for the return of real or personal property ad valorem taxes on January 1 and shall close those books on April 1 of each year.

## History

Ga. L. 1913, p. 123, § 1; Code 1933, § 92-6201; Ga. L. 1945, p. 424, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 270, § 1; Code 1933, § 91A-1013, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 5, § 24; Ga. L. 1979, p. 538, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 594, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1857, § 10; Ga. L. 1982, p. 537, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 575, §§ 1, 8; Ga. L. 1982, p. 999, §§ 1, 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1108, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1849, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 48; Ga. L. 1991, p. 6, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 303, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1188, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 237, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 778, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1313, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1104, § 3-1/SB 346.

## Law Reviews

For article, “Procedure and Problems in Georgia Ad Valorem Tax Appeals,” see 26 Ga. St. B.J. 98 (1990).