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

O.C.G.A. § 16-8-104 (2019)

Authority to investigate and prosecute for residential mortgage fraud

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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District attorneys and the Attorney General shall have the authority to conduct the criminal investigation and prosecution of all cases of residential mortgage fraud under this article or under any other provision of this title. Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to preclude otherwise authorized law enforcement agencies from conducting investigations of offenses related to residential mortgage fraud.

History

(Code 1981, § 16-8-104, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 848, § 2/SB 100; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1162, § 1/SB 371.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Subpoena authority for investigating fraudulent real estate transactions, § 35-3-4.2.

Law reviews. - For annual survey of law on real property, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 283 (2010).