Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 7. BANKING AND FINANCE · Chapter 1. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS · Article 4. MONEY TRANSMISSION

7-1-697. No limitation on common law liability or state prosecution.

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

Nothing in this article shall limit any statutory or common law right of any person to bring any action in any court for any act involved in the transmission of money or the right of the state to punish any person for any violation of any law.

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, § 7-1-697, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 251, § 1/HB 982; Ga. L. 2015, p. 344, § 28/HB 184; Ga. L. 2023, p. 651, § 32/HB 55, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, deleted “or selling of payment instruments” following “transmission of money”.

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