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2021 Georgia Code
Title 15 - Courts
Chapter 21 - Payment and Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-21-1. Time of Payment of Fines
Universal Citation: GA Code § 15-21-1 (2021)
Every fine imposed by a court under the authority of this Code shall be paid immediately or within such reasonable time as the court may grant.
(Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 837; Code 1863, § 4541; Code 1868, § 4561; Code 1873, § 4655; Code 1882, § 4655; Penal Code 1895, § 1084; Penal Code 1910, § 1111; Code 1933, § 27-2901.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 21A Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, § 874 et seq.
C.J.S.- 36A C.J.S., Fines, §§ 4, 6.
ALR.
- Validity of obligation to pay or secure a fine or penalty, 29 A.L.R. 7.
Indigency of offender as affecting validity of imprisonment as alternative to payment of fine, 31 A.L.R.3d 926.
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