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2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 15 - COURTS
CHAPTER 19 - ATTORNEYS
ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 15-19-12 - Status of note or obligation given as fee where service not rendered; penalty for transfer
O.C.G.A. 15-19-12 (2010)15-19-12. Status of note or obligation given as fee where service not rendered; penalty for transfer
Attorneys are prohibited from collecting any note or other contract in writing given as a fee in any case in which they have failed to attend to in person or by some competent attorney from the time of employment until the rendition of judgment. Any such note or written contract shall be null and void unless the attorney holding it was, by contract, released from the duty of attending to the case for which it was given. The transfer of such note or obligation subjects an attorney to forfeit and pay to the person from whom the same was taken double the amount thereof, recoverable in any court having jurisdiction of the same, unless the person is saved harmless against all fees, costs, and other necessary expenses on account thereof.
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