O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 19-13-56 (2019)

Liability of court or law enforcement personnel

✓ 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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(a) The state and any local or state law enforcement officer, court official, or official of the registry shall be held harmless for any delay or failure to file a protective order or modification thereof, to transmit information contained in a protective order or modification thereof, or to enter such information in the registry.

(b) The state and any local or state law enforcement officer, court official, or official of the registry shall be held harmless for acting in reliance upon information registered in the registry or information received for the purpose of entry in the registry.

History

Code 1981, § 19-13-56, enacted by Ga.

L. 2001, p. 101, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1349, § 6/HB 452.

CHAPTER 13A DATING VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDERS Sec.

Definitions. Jurisdiction. Temporary relief to protect from dating violence; hearing and evidentiary standard; non-attorney assistance; delays.

Sec.

Required findings of fact; authority of court. Exclusivity of remedy. Penalty for violation of order.

Effective date. This chapter became effective July 1, 2021.