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

O.C.G.A. § 34-9-83 (2019)

Priority of claims

✓ 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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All rights of compensation under this chapter shall have the same preference or priority for the whole thereof against the assets of the employer as is allowed by law for claims for unpaid wages for labor.

History

(Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 21; Code 1933, § 114-301.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Workers’ Compensation, § 166.

C.J.S. - 99 C.J.S., Workers’ Compensation, § 321.