2020 Georgia Code
Title 48 - Revenue and Taxation
Chapter 3 - Tax Executions
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 48-3-21.1. Statute of Limitations for Enforcement of Executions for Ad Valorem Taxes of Less Than $5.00; Execution; Restriction on Adding Together Taxes to Exceed Limit

Universal Citation: GA Code § 48-3-21.1 (2020)
  1. This Code section shall apply only to real property ad valorem taxes which are due in an amount of less than $5.00.
  2. Any execution for ad valorem taxes in an amount of less than $5.00 shall be enforced within one year after the execution is issued or the taxes become due, whichever is earlier.
  3. A tax execution which has become barred under this Code section shall not be subject to revival; and the taxpayer shall not be personally liable for such taxes after the execution becomes barred.
  4. Amounts of taxes due on more than one piece of real property or for more than one tax year shall not be added together so as to exceed the $5.00 limit if each of these amounts is individually less than $5.00.

(Code 1933, § 91A-326.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 791, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 575, § 1.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1998, p. 575, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable to all executions for ad valorem taxes issued on or after July 1, 1998.

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