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# O.C.G.A. § 9-3-28. Actions by informers.

All actions by informers to recover any fine, forfeiture, or penalty shall be commenced within one year from the time the defendant’s liability thereto is discovered or by reasonable diligence could have been discovered.

## History

Laws 1767, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 563.; Code 1863, § 2866; Code 1868, § 2874; Code 1873, § 2925; Code 1882, § 2925; Civil Code 1895, § 3776; Civil Code 1910, § 4370; Code 1933, § 3-714.

## Cross References

Determination of precedence of actions by informers to recover fine, forfeiture, or penalty, § 9-2-47.