O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 7-1-709 (2019)

Penalty for violation of article

✓ 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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Any person, partnership, association, or corporation and the several members, officers, directors, agents, ultimate equitable owners, and employees thereof that shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

History

Code 1981, § 7-1-709, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 251, § 2/HB 982.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting not required. - Pursuant to authority granted to the Attorney General in O.C.G.A. § 35-3-33(a)(1)(A)(v), any misdemeanor offenses arising under O.C.G.A.

§§ 7-1-696 and 7-1-709, are not at this time designated as ones for which those charged are to be fingerprinted. 2014 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2014-2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2007–2007 · leading case: Georgia Cash Am., Inc. v. Strong, 649 S.E.2d 548 (Ga. Ct. App. 2007).

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Georgia Cash Am., Inc. v. Strong, 649 S.E.2d 548 (Ga. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “(payday lending statutes); OCGA § 7-1-709 et seq. (check cashing statutes); and OCGA § 16-14-1 et seq.”

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