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2018 Georgia Code 15-21-7 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-21-7 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-21-7

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 21. Payment and Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures, 15-21-1 through 15-21-209.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-21-7. Report by county treasurer to grand jury as to fines and bond forfeitures received and disbursed; compensation of treasurer; effect of Code section upon local laws.

  1. The county treasurer shall report to the grand jury the amounts of fines and bond forfeitures received by him and to whom disbursed for the period of six months preceding the report and shall receive as his compensation 2 1/2 percent on the amounts paid out by him.
  2. Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall affect the distribution of funds arising from fines and bond forfeitures or the compensation of county treasurers as regulated by any local law.

(Ga. L. 1876, p. 108, § 5; Code 1882, §§ 4655f, 4655g; Penal Code 1895, §§ 1094, 1095; Penal Code 1910, §§ 1121, 1122; Code 1933, §§ 27-2907, 27-2908; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 3-32/HB 233.)

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted "fines and bond forfeitures" for "fines and forfeitures" in subsections (a) and (b). See editor's note for applicability.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure."

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Lumpkin County v. Davis, 185 Ga. 393, 195 S.E. 169 (1938); Cooper v. Lunsford, 203 Ga. 166, 45 S.E.2d 395 (1947); Banks County v. Stark, 88 Ga. App. 368, 77 S.E.2d 33 (1953).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Forfeitures and Penalties, § 15 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 36A C.J.S., Fines, §§ 3, 6, 8, 13. 37 C.J.S., Forfeitures, §§ 1, 6, 7, 8, 10 et seq., 39, 41. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 296, 297, 318 et seq.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 15-21-7 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 2

Massaline v. Williams

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2001-10-22

Citation: 554 S.E.2d 720, 274 Ga. 552, 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 3171, 2001 Ga. LEXIS 827

Snippet: rule” may or may not be permissible. See OCGA § 15-2-17, which provides that our rules must not “conflict

Cannon v. Williams

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1942-09-21

Citation: 22 S.E.2d 838, 194 Ga. 808, 1942 Ga. LEXIS 696

Snippet: Sloan, 56 Ga. 208; Worth v. Daniel, 1 Ga. App. 15 (2), 17 (57 S.E. 898); McCowen v. McCord, 49 Ga. App