TITLE 48 REVENUE AND TAXATION

Section 5. Ad Valorem Taxation of Property, 48-5-1 through 48-5-607.

ARTICLE 3 COUNTY TAX OFFICIALS AND ADMINISTRATION

48-5-162. Penalties for violations of subsection (a) of Code Section 48-5-161.

For a violation of any of the provisions of subsection (a) of Code Section 48-5-161, the tax collector or tax commissioner so violating shall forfeit all or such part of his commissions as the grand jury of the county shall recommend. If the tax collector or tax commissioner fails to pay over the penalty imposed, it shall be enforced against the tax collector or tax commissioner and his sureties by the commissioner as provided by law for defaulting tax collectors, and a 20 percent penalty of the amount of the penalty set by the grand jury shall be added to such penalty.

(Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 66, § 6; Civil Code 1895, § 966; Civil Code 1910, § 1233; Code 1933, § 92-5106; Code 1933, § 91A-1362, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 48.)