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title: O.C.G.A. § 51-11-21. Tender of damages in tort action; effect of continuing tender.
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# O.C.G.A. § 51-11-21. Tender of damages in tort action; effect of continuing tender.

A person committing a tort may, before or after an action is brought, tender to the person injured such an amount of damages as in his judgment will cover the injury; and, if the same shall be rejected, he may deposit the amount in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county of his residence as a continuing tender; and, if the jury trying the cause shall give no more damages than the amount tendered, the plaintiff shall recover no costs accruing subsequently to the time of the tender.

## History

Laws 1767, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 562; Code 1863, § 2988; Code 1868, § 3001; Code 1873, § 3056; Code 1882, § 3056; Civil Code 1895, § 3896; Civil Code 1910, § 4493; Code 1933, § 105-1903.