2020 Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation
Article 3 - Procedure
Part 1 - Claims and Notice of Accident
§ 34-9-83. Priority of Claims

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 34-9-83 (2020)
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All rights of compensation under this chapter shall have the same preference or priority for the whole thereof against the assets of the employer as is allowed by law for claims for unpaid wages for labor.

(Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 21; Code 1933, § 114-301.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Workers' Compensation, § 166.

C.J.S.

- 99 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, § 321.

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