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title: Title 17, Chapter 22. Wrongful Conviction and Incarceration Compensation
collection: code
id: code:chapter:17-22
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/17/chapter/22
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22.md
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-21.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
heading: WRONGFUL CONVICTION AND INCARCERATION COMPENSATION
title_heading: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
section_count: 12
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22.md?full=1
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# Title 17, Chapter 22. Wrongful Conviction and Incarceration Compensation

Title 17. Criminal Procedure

12 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 17-22-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22-1.md
- 17-22-2, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22-2.md
- 17-22-3, Role of Office of State Administrative Hearings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22-3.md
- 17-22-4, Claim procedure, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22-4.md
- 17-22-5, Compensation eligibility; considerations by administrative law judge, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22-5.md
- 17-22-6, Hearings; compensation determinations; appeals; release and waiver requirement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22-6.md
- 17-22-7, Amount of compensation; reductions; annual adjustments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22-7.md
- 17-22-8, Exemptions relating to compensation; attorney’s fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22-8.md
- 17-22-9, Wrongful Conviction and Incarceration Compensation Trust Fund; creation; funding; payments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22-9.md
- 17-22-10, Limited waiver of sovereign immunity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22-10.md
- 17-22-11, Regulatory authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22-11.md
- 17-22-12, Acknowledgement of statutory provisions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-22-12.md