(Ga. L. 1876, p. 108, § 5; Code 1882, §§ 4655f, 4655g; Penal Code 1895, §§ 1094, 1095; Penal Code 1910, §§ 1121, 1122; Code 1933, §§ 27-2907, 27-2908; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 3-32/HB 233.)
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted "fines and bond forfeitures" for "fines and forfeitures" in subsections (a) and (b). See editor's note for applicability.
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure."
Law reviews.- For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Lumpkin County v. Davis, 185 Ga. 393, 195 S.E. 169 (1938); Cooper v. Lunsford, 203 Ga. 166, 45 S.E.2d 395 (1947); Banks County v. Stark, 88 Ga. App. 368, 77 S.E.2d 33 (1953).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Forfeitures and Penalties, § 15 et seq.
C.J.S.- 36A C.J.S., Fines, §§ 3, 6, 8, 13. 37 C.J.S., Forfeitures, §§ 1, 6, 7, 8, 10 et seq., 39, 41. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 296, 297, 318 et seq.