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2015 Georgia Code
Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE
Chapter 13 - EXECUTIONS AND JUDICIAL SALES
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 9-13-16 - Penalty for fraudulent levy

GA Code § 9-13-16 (2015) What's This?

Any person who fraudulently causes any process, attachment, distress, or execution to be levied on any estrayed animal, lot of land, or other property, knowing that the same is not subject to the process or writ, shall, for the first offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor. For any subsequent conviction, the person shall be sentenced to confinement for not less than two nor more than four years.

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