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2018 Georgia Code 45-15-7 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 45-15-7 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 45-15-7

TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

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

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

45-15-7. Discretion of comptroller general as to requirement of services of Attorney General or of district attorneys.

When the services of a district attorney are necessary in collecting or securing any claim of the state in any part of the state, the comptroller general may, in his discretion, require the Attorney General to command the services of the Department of Law or of the district attorneys in their respective circuits in such cases.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 345; Code 1868, § 406; Code 1873, § 371; Code 1882, § 371; Civil Code 1895, § 222; Civil Code 1910, § 256; Code 1933, § 40-1604; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 45/HB 79.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Avery v. Hale, 167 Ga. 252, 145 S.E. 76 (1928).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7 Am. Jur. 2d, Attorney General, §§ 6, 21.

C.J.S.

- 7A C.J.S., Attorney General, § 30.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 45-15-7

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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

...sembly and its committees. Common Cause intervened and sought to bar the Attorney General from representing the legislators because they, and not the Governor, had requested the representation. The trial court ruled that Ga.Code Ann. § 89-920 (OCGA § 45-15-70) applied, the legislators had failed to request the Governor to appoint counsel as that statute required, [54] and therefore the Attorney General lacked authority to represent the legislators....
...e 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. [49] OCGA § 45-15-13. [50] OCGA § 45-15-7....