O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-12-222 (2019)

Determination of claim; hearing

✓ 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 commissioner shall consider any claim filed under this article and may hold a hearing and receive evidence concerning it. If a hearing is held, he shall prepare a finding and a decision in writing on each claim filed, stating the substance of any evidence heard by him and the reasons for his decision. The decision shall be a public record. (b) If the claim is allowed, the commissioner shall make payment forthwith. The claim shall be paid without deduction for costs of notice.

History

Code 1981, § 44-12-222, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1506, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 27 Am. Jur. 2d, Escheat, § 46 et seq. C.J.S. 30A C.J.S., Escheat, §§ 22, 23. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 273, 278.

U.L.A. Uniform Disposition of Property Act (U.L.A.) § 20.

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