2015 Georgia Code
Title 52 - WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT
Chapter 8 - DISCHARGE OF SUBSTANCES DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION OR PROPERTY
§ 52-8-3 - Recovery of forfeiture; attachment and replevy of vessels
Upon receipt by the Board of Pilotage Commissioners of satisfactory evidence of the offense specified in Code Section 52-8-1, it shall be the duty of the board to proceed to recover the forfeiture provided for in that Code section by process of attachment in the name of the state, which may be issued as other attachments on the oath of the informer or of one of the commissioners and may be levied on the vessel from which the offense was committed. The vessel may be replevied by the master, owner, or consignee by giving bond, payable to the state, in double the amount of the penalty, with the condition to have the vessel forthcoming to satisfy such judgment as may be rendered in the action.
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