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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 50. STATE GOVERNMENT · Chapter 21. WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AS TO ACTIONS EX CONTRACTU; STATE TORT CLAIMS · Article 2. STATE TORT CLAIMS

50-21-20. Short title.

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  1. This article shall be known and may be cited as ‘‘The Georgia Tort Claims Act.’’

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 50-21-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1883, § 1.

Law reviews

For annual survey of law of torts, see 44 Mercer L. Rev. 375 (1992). For article, ‘‘Local Government Tort Liability: the Summer of ’92,’’ see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 405 (1993). For annual survey of administrative law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 31 (2004). For annual survey of law of torts, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 415 (2004). For annual survey of trial practice and procedure, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 433 (2004). For annual survey of administrative law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2005). For annual survey of trial practice and procedure, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 381 (2005). For annual survey of tort law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 385 (2006). For survey article on administrative law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2008). For survey article on trial practice and procedure, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 397 (2008). For annual survey of law on administrative law, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2010). For survey article on local government law, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 147 (2015). For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 257 (2015). For annual survey on local government law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 205 (2017). For annual survey on local government law, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 177 (2018). For annual survey on torts: a two year survey, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 295 (2019). For note, ‘‘Seay v. Cleveland: Resolution of the Ministerial Discretionary Dichot-omy,’’ see 51 Mercer L. Rev. 787 (2000). For note, ‘‘The Georgia Tort Claims Act: A License for Negligence in Child Deprivation Cases?,’’ see 18 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 795 (2002). For note, ‘‘Finding Immunity: Manders v. Lee and the Erosion of 1983 Liability,’’ see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 1505 (2004).

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