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2018 Georgia Code 10-4-78 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 10-4-78 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 10-4-78

TITLE 10 COMMERCE AND TRADE

Section 4. Warehousemen, 10-4-1 through 10-4-215.

ARTICLE 2 STATE WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONER; COTTON WAREHOUSING

10-4-78. Penalty for false affidavit as to lien on cotton.

Should any party required by Code Section 10-4-76 to make an affidavit as to an adverse lien, title, or claim to cotton offered to a warehouseman for storage make a false affidavit, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than three years nor more than ten years.

(Ga. L. 1918, p. 246, § 20; Code 1933, § 5-9906.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 34.

C.J.S.

- 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, § 173.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 10-4-78

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Langley v. State, 868 S.E.2d 759 (Ga. 2022).

Cited 10 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 1, 2022 | 313 Ga. 141

...ond or subsequent conviction for carrying a weapon without a valid weapons carry license), 16-12-1 (d) (1) (contributing to the delinquency or deprivation of a minor); or, more commonly, “shall be punished by imprisonment,” see, e.g., OCGA §§ 10-4-78 (making false affidavit as to adverse lien, title, or claim to cotton), 16-9-57 (d) (soliciting donations as representative of peace officer or fire service organization without authority), 16-11-123 (knowing possession of...