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

48-5-205. Penalties for incomplete or improper digests.

1. If a tax receiver or tax commissioner fails to have his or her digest completed and deposited by September 1 in each year, unless excused by provisions of law or by the commissioner, such tax receiver or tax commissioner shall forfeit one-tenth of his or her commissions for each week's delay. If the delay extends beyond 30 days, such tax receiver or tax commissioner shall forfeit one-half of his or her commissions. If the delay extends beyond the time when the Governor and commissioner fix the rate percentage, such tax receiver or tax commissioner shall forfeit all such tax receiver's or tax commissioner's commissions.
2. If a tax receiver or tax commissioner fails to make out his digest in the manner prescribed by law or fails to comply with the directions given him by the commissioner in making out his digest, he shall forfeit one-half his commissions.
3. If the digest is made out so badly as not to fulfill the purpose of the tax laws, the tax receiver or tax commissioner shall forfeit all his commissions and shall be removed from office by the governing authority of the county upon the request of the commissioner.

(Orig. Code 1863, §§ 825, 826, 827; Code 1868, §§ 904, 905, 906; Code 1873, §§ 902, 903, 904; Code 1882, §§ 902, 903, 904; Civil Code 1895, §§ 918, 919, 920; Civil Code 1910, §§ 1181, 1182, 1183; Code 1933, §§ 92-5401, 92-5402, 92-5403; Code 1933, § 91A-1380, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1219, § 9/HB 202.)

The 2015 amendment, effective January 1, 2016, substituted the present provisions of subsection (a) for the former provisions, which read: "If a tax receiver or tax commissioner fails to have his digest completed and deposited by August 1 in each year, unless excused by provisions of law or by the commissioner, he shall forfeit one-tenth of his commissions for each week's delay. If the delay extends beyond 30 days he shall forfeit one-half of his commissions. If the delay extends beyond the time when the Governor and commissioner fix the rate percentage, he shall forfeit all his commissions." See Editor's notes for applicability.