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2018 Georgia Code 36-11-7 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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

O.C.G.A. 36-11-7 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 36-11-7

TITLE 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Section 11. Claims Against Counties, 36-11-1 through 36-11-7.

ARTICLE 2 COUNTY GOVERNING AUTHORITIES

36-11-7. Satisfaction of judgment against county.

The private property of the citizens of a county shall not be bound by any judgment obtained against the county. Such judgment, if binding, shall be satisfied from money raised by lawful taxation.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 480; Code 1868, § 542; Code 1873, § 508; Code 1882, § 508; Civil Code 1895, § 363; Civil Code 1910, § 412; Code 1933, § 23-1603.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Appropriation of moneys for liability policy premiums and for damages exceeding policy limits.

- Board of commissioners must appropriate moneys for insurance premiums on any policy which might pay a plaintiff if plaintiff's suit is ultimately successful in plaintiff's claim against the county or must appropriate moneys to pay actual damages should plaintiff's recovery exceed the policy limits. Dodson v. Floyd, 529 F. Supp. 1056 (N.D. Ga. 1981).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 20 C.J.S., Counties, §§ 419, 420.

ALR.

- County as subject to garnishment process, 60 A.L.R. 823.

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