Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 51. TORTS · Chapter 7. FALSE ARREST, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, MALICIOUS PROSECUTION, AND ABUSIVE LITIGATION · Article 3. MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

51-7-42. Inquiry before committing court or magistrate as prosecution.

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

For purposes of this article, an inquiry before a committing court or a magistrate shall amount to a prosecution.

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 2930; Code 1868, § 2937; Code 1873, § 2988; Code 1882, § 2988; Civil Code 1895, § 3849; Civil Code 1910, § 4445; Code 1933, § 105-805; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1.

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

Text read from t51-(v39)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V39, 2017 edition, page 690; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 bc30a40687b2.