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2018 Georgia Code 10-1-837 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 10-1-837 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 10-1-837

TITLE 10 COMMERCE AND TRADE

Section 1. Selling and Other Trade Practices, 10-1-1 through 10-1-915.

ARTICLE 30 BEAUTY PAGEANTS

10-1-837. Escrow account.

In lieu of obtaining the bond required by Code Section 10-1-832, any operator may place all entrants' fees in an escrow account from which the operator cannot and does not withdraw any funds until the pageant has been held and all awards have been made.If the operator elects this option, in lieu of the information required by paragraph (6) of Code Section 10-1-831 the operator shall provide in the written statement the name, address, and telephone number of the financial institution where the escrow account is maintained and the account number of the escrow account. The operator shall maintain a record of each escrow account established for a period of five years.

(Code 1981, §10-1-837, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1165, § 7.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Attorney fees awarded.

- After the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the beauty pageant contestant, finding that the pageant promoters violated the statutory requirements regarding the providing of certain information to contestants, the posting of a bond, and the maintaining of an escrow account, in violation of O.C.G.A. §§ 10-1-831,10-1-832, and10-1-837, the trial court's award of attorney fees and litigation expenses to the contestant pursuant to O.C.G.A. §§ 10-1-399 and10-1-835 was proper. Galardi v. Steele-Inman, 266 Ga. App. 515, 597 S.E.2d 571 (2004).

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