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2018 Georgia Code 45-15-12 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 45-15-12 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 45-15-12

TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 15. Attorney General, 45-15-1 through 45-15-70.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

45-15-12. Attorney General authorized to prosecute civil recovery actions for violations while dealing with state or officials, employees, or entities thereof.

The Attorney General, as the head of the Department of Law and the chief legal officer of the state, is authorized to file and prosecute civil recovery actions in the name of the state against any person, firm, or corporation which violates any statute while dealing with the state or any official, employee, department, agency, board, bureau, commission, institution, or authority thereof, which violation results in loss, damage, or injury to the state or to any of its departments, adjuncts, or taxpayers.

(Ga. L. 1943, p. 284, § 8.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

An individual cannot sue in own name for the use and benefit of the state. Alexander v. Citizens & S. Nat'l Bank, 212 Ga. 295, 92 S.E.2d 16 (1956).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7 Am. Jur. 2d, Attorney General, § 21 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 7A C.J.S., Attorney General, §§ 43-45.

ALR.

- Right or duty of Attorney General to intervene in civil suits, 163 A.L.R. 1346.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 45-15-12

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Perdue v. Baker, 586 S.E.2d 606 (Ga. 2003).

Cited 31 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 4, 2003 | 277 Ga. 1, 2003 Fulton County D. Rep. 2700

...17, 1979, at 57 (discussing need for Attorney General to function as an independent state officer and not be subservient to the Governor). [43] Ga. Const. art. V, sec. III, para. I. [44] See Ga. Const. art. V, sec. II, para. I. [45] OCGA § 45-15-3(5). [46] OCGA § 45-15-10. [47] OCGA § 45-15-3(6). [48] OCGA § 45-15-12....