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2018 Georgia Code 34-9-21 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 34-9-21 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 34-9-21

TITLE 34 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Section 9. Workers' Compensation, 34-9-1 through 34-9-432.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

34-9-21. Penalty for receiving unentitled to benefits.

Any employee who, with the intent to defraud, receives and retains any income benefits to which he or she is not entitled shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $10,000.00 or by imprisonment not to exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, § 18; Code 1933, § 114-9907, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 13; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1508, § 1.)

Law reviews.

- For review of 1998 legislation relating to labor and industrial relations, see 15 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 185 (1998).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Samuel v. Baitcher, 154 Ga. App. 602, 269 S.E.2d 96 (1980); Holt Serv. Co. v. Modlin, 163 Ga. App. 283, 293 S.E.2d 741 (1982); Meredith v. Atlanta Intermodal Rail Servs., 274 Ga. 809, 561 S.E.2d 67 (2002).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Fingerprinting required.

- Misdemeanor offenses arising under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-21 are offenses for which those charged are to be fingerprinted. 2011 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2011-1.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Workers' Compensation, §§ 530, 629.

C.J.S.

- 100 C.J.S., Workmen's Compensation, §§ 828, 829.

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