2022 Georgia Code
Title 36 - Local Government
Chapter 11 - Claims Against Counties
§ 36-11-1. Time for Presentation of Claims

All claims against counties must be presented within 12 months after they accrue or become payable or the same are barred, provided that minors or other persons laboring under disabilities shall be allowed 12 months after the removal of the disability to present their claims.

History. Orig. Code 1863, § 479; Code 1868, § 541; Code 1873, § 507; Code 1882, § 507; Civil Code 1895, § 362; Civil Code 1910, § 411; Code 1933, § 23-1602.

Law reviews.

For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia local government law for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 155 (1979).

For article surveying developments in Georgia local government law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1981).

For article surveying developments in Georgia torts law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 247 (1981).

For survey article on local government law, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 225 (1982).

For article, “Claims Against Counties: The Difference a Year Makes,” see 36 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (1984).

For article, “Defending the Lawsuit: A First-Round Checklist,” see 22 Ga. St. B.J. 24 (1985).

For annual survey on local government law, see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 359 (1990).

For annual survey on law of torts, see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 431 (1990).

For survey article on local government law, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 147 (2015).

For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 257 (2015).