O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 44-14-474 (2019)
Exemptions from part
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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This part shall not apply to any moneys becoming due under Chapter 9 of Title 34.
History
Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 105, § 6; Ga. L. 1977, p. 277, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1608, § 2.3.
Annotations
Law reviews. For note on 1991 amendment of this Code section, see 8 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 99 (1992).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1991–2020 · leading case: Bowden v. The Med. Ctr. (& Vice Versa), 845 S.E.2d 555 (Ga. 2020).
Bowden v. The Med. Ctr. (& Vice Versa), 845 S.E.2d 555 (Ga. 2020). “This subsection shall not be construed to interfere with the exemption from this part provided by Code Section 44-14-474 [dealing with money becoming due in connection with workers’ compensation].”
Bowden v. the Med. Ctr., Inc., 773 S.E.2d 692 (Ga. 2015). “This subsection shall not he construed to interfere with the exemption from this part provided by Code Section 44-14-474 [exempting moneys that become due under the workers’ compensation statutes].”
MCG Health, Inc. v. Owners Ins., 707 S.E.2d 349 (Ga. 2011). “The lien provided for in this subsection is only a lien against such causes of action and shall not be a hen against such injured person, such legal representative, or any other property or assets of such persons and shall not be evidence of such person’s failure to pay a debt.”
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. v. Ainsworth, 402 S.E.2d 759 (Ga. Ct. App. 1991). “OCGA § 44-14-474 expressly provides that Title 44, Chapter 14, Article 8, Part 8, which includes OCGA § 44-14-470 therein, does not “apply to benefits for loss of income or earnings which are provided pursuant to Chapter 34 of Title 33.” Thus, OCGA § 44-14-470 could not provide…”
Bowden v. the Med. Ctr., Inc. (Ga. 2015). “This subsection shall not be construed to interfere with the exemption from this part provided by Code Section 44-14-474 [exempting moneys that become due under the workers’ compensation statutes].”
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