O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 9-16-1 (2019)

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✓ 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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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act.’’

History

(Code 1981, § 9-16-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 1-1/HB 233.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2016–2026 · leading case: State of Georgia v. James Lamar Crowder, 823 S.E.2d 384 (Ga. Ct. App. 2019).

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State of Georgia v. James Lamar Crowder, 823 S.E.2d 384 (Ga. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “7 See OCGA § 9-16-1 et seq . 8 (Emphasis supplied.”

Coffey v. State of Georgia, 793 S.E.2d 557 (Ga. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Officers seized the Currency, and on October 16, 2015, the State filed its complaint for forfeiture pursuant to OCGA § 9-16-1 et seq. 1 On November 25, 2015, Coffey filed an answer claiming ownership of the Currency Contending that the answer failed to comply with the statutory…”

State of Georgia v. Tf4 Capital, LLC (Ga. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 4× “As to the legal basis for the forfeiture, the complaint alleged, in total, as follows: [the currency] is contraband and forfeitable to the State pursuant to the provisions of OCGA § 9-16-1 et seq. and § 16-13-49 in that [the currency] was directly or indirectly used or intended…”

Ashlee Mock v. State of Georgia (Ga. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 2× “The State filed this action under the Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act, OCGA § 9-16-1 et seq., to seize certain real property.”

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