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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-27-50. Purpose.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-27-50. Purpose.

The purpose of this article is to establish a policy and to provide a system whereby all claimant agencies of this state in conjunction with the corporation shall cooperate in identifying debtors who owe money to the state through its various claimant agencies or to persons on whose behalf the state and its claimant agencies act and who qualify for prizes under Article 1 of this chapter from the corporation. It is also the purpose of this article to establish procedures for setting off against any such prize the sum of any debt owed to the state or to persons on whose behalf the state and its claimant agencies act. It is the intent of the General Assembly that this article be liberally construed to effectuate these purposes.

## History

Code 1981, § 50-27-50, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1037, § 2.