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O.C.G.A. § 1-1-7 (2019)

Notes and catchlines of Code sections not part of law

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Unless otherwise provided in this Code, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the individual Code sections of this Code, except the Code section numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of the Code sections, and title and chapter analyses do not constitute part of the law and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any Code section. All historical citations, title and chapter analyses, and notes set out in this Code are given for the purpose of convenient reference and do not constitute part of the law.

History

Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 1.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS South v. Bank of Am., 250 Ga. App. 747, 551 S.E.2d 55 (2001).

Cited in Hogan v. State, 178 Ga. App. 534, 343 S.E.2d 770 (1986); Brown v. Earp, 261 Ga. 522, 407 S.E.2d 737 (1991);

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1986–2025 · leading case: Balkcom v. State, 489 S.E.2d 129 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997).
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Balkcom v. State, 489 S.E.2d 129 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “" Although captions of Code sections are not part of the law (OCGA § 1-1-7; Brown v. Earp, 261 Ga. 522, 523-524 , 407 S.”
Hogan v. State, 343 S.E.2d 770 (Ga. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 4× “See OCGA § 1-1-7. However, the Supreme Court has referred to the enactment as "the DUI statute.”
Georgia v. Pub. Resource.Org, Inc., 140 S. Ct. 1498 (2020). “OCGA § 1-1-7 states that "[a]ll historical citations, title and chapter analyses, and notes set out in this Code are given for the purpose of convenient reference and do not constitute part of the law." Section 1-1-1 further provides that "[t]he statutory portion of the…”
South v. Bank of Am., 551 S.E.2d 55 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “OCGA § 1-1-7 provides, “Unless otherwise provided in this Code, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the individual Code sections .”
Code Revision Comm'n Ex Rel. Gen. Assembly of Ga. v. Pub..Resource.Org, Inc., 906 F.3d 1229 (11th Cir. 2018). · cites it 2× “O.C.G.A. § 1-1-7. Laws passed during each session of the Georgia General Assembly that reenact the OCGA as the state's official code similarly provide that the annotations *1234 "contained in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated are not enacted as statutes by the provisions of…”
State v. Vines, 487 S.E.2d 521 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “" Although the statutory caption of the crime described in OCGA § 16-6-4, "Child molestation," is not a part of the law, OCGA § 1-1-7, the offense is so named in the body of the statute itself.”
Legacy Academy, Inc. v. JLK, Inc., 765 S.E.2d 472 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 1-1-7; MARTA v. McCain, 135 Ga. App.”
Legum v. Crouch, 430 S.E.2d 360 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “The descriptive heading or catch line immediately preceding the text of a Code section does not constitute a part of such statute and is not controlling regarding the construction or interpretation thereof.”
Brown v. Earp, 407 S.E.2d 737 (Ga. 1991). · cites it 2× “” According to OCGA § 1-1-7, the descriptive heading preceding the Code section does not constitute part of the law and does not limit or expand construction of the Code section.”
Code Revision Comm'n v. Pub..Resource.Org, Inc., 244 F. Supp. 3d 1350 (N.D. Ga. 2017). · cites it 2× “” O.C.G.A. § 1-1-7 first enacted as a session law in 1982 further states: Unless otherwise provided in this Code, the descriptive headings or eatchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the individual Code sections of this Code, except the Code section numbers…”
Walker v. State, 405 S.E.2d 887 (Ga. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “” OCGA § 1-1-7. On its face OCGA § 40-13-33 (a) requires that “[a]ny challenge to a misde meanor conviction of any of the traffic laws of this state or the traffic laws of any county or municipal government which may be brought pursuant to Chapter 14 of Title 9 must be filed…”
In Re Durango Georgia Paper Co., 297 B.R. 316 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. 2003). · cites it 2× “O.C.G.A. § 1-1-7 answers that question: Descriptive headings in the Code do not “expand” the construction of any Code section.”
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