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2021 Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-1-12. Restrictions on Contingency Fee Compensation of Attorney Appointed to Represent State in Forfeiture Action
Universal Citation: GA Code § 16-1-12 (2021)
- In any forfeiture action brought pursuant to this title, an attorney appointed by the Attorney General or district attorney as a special assistant attorney general, special assistant district attorney, or other attorney appointed to represent this state in such forfeiture action shall not be compensated on a contingent basis by a percentage of assets which arise or are realized from such forfeiture action. Such attorneys shall also not be compensated on a contingent basis by an hourly, fixed fee, or other arrangement which is contingent on a successful prosecution of such forfeiture action.
- Nothing in this Code section shall be construed as prohibiting or otherwise restricting the Attorney General or a district attorney from appointing special assistants or other attorneys to assist in the prosecution of any action brought pursuant to this title.
(Code 1981, §16-1-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1035, § 2/SB 181.)
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 2012, p. 1035, § 3/SB 181, approved by the Governor May 2, 2012, provided that the effective date of this Code section is July 1, 2011. See Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-76 for construction of effective date provisions that precede the date of approval by the Governor.
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