O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 10-14-13 (2019)

Venue for civil or criminal actions

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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For the purposes of venue for any civil or criminal action under this chapter, any violation of this chapter or of any rule, regulation, or order promulgated under this chapter shall be considered to have been committed in any county in which any act was performed in furtherance

of the transaction which violated this chapter, in the county of any violator’s principal place of business in this state, in the county of the cemetery’s or preneed dealer’s or burial or funeral merchandise dealer’s location or residence in this state, and in any county in which any violator had control or possession of any proceeds of said violation or of any books, records, documents, or other material or objects which were used in furtherance of said violation.

History

Code 1981, § 44-3-138, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1508, § 1; Code 1981, § 10-14-

13, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2000, p. 882, § 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2016–2016 · leading case: Pandora Franchising, LLC v. Kingdom Retail Grp., LLLP, 791 S.E.2d 786 (Ga. 2016).
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Pandora Franchising, LLC v. Kingdom Retail Grp., LLLP, 791 S.E.2d 786 (Ga. 2016). · cites it 2× “shing venue for actions to enforce laws governing commodity contracts and options in the county of the violator’s “principal place of business in this state”); OCGA § 10-14-13 (establishing venue for actions to enforce laws governing cemetery and funeral services to the county…”
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