Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 7. BANKING AND FINANCE · Chapter 1. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS · Article 4A. CASHING OF PAYMENT INSTRUMENTS

7-1-709. Penalty for violation of article.

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Any person, partnership, association, or corporation and the several members, officers, directors, agents, ultimate equitable owners, and employees thereof that shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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, § 7-1-709, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 251, § 2/HB 982.

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