§ 17-15-4. Powers of Board
The board shall have the following powers and duties: To promulgate suitable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter; To request from the Attorney General, the Department of Public Safety, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, district attorneys, solicitors-general, judges, county and municipal law enforcement agencies, and any other agency […]
§ 17-15-5. Filing of Claims; Verification; Contents
A claim may be filed by a person eligible to receive an award, as provided in Code Section 17-15-7, or, if such person is a minor, by his or her parent or guardian. In any case in which the person entitled to make a claim is mentally incompetent, the claim may be filed on his […]
§ 17-15-6. Investigation; Decision by Director; Review by Board; Report to Claimant
A claim, once accepted for filing and completed, shall be assigned to an investigator. The investigator shall examine the papers filed in support of the claim and cause an investigation to be conducted into the validity of the claim. The investigation shall include, but shall not be limited to, an examination of law enforcement, court, […]
§ 17-14-13. Manner of Enforcement of Restitution Order Generally; Sanctions for Failure to Comply With Order
A restitution order shall be enforceable as is a civil judgment by execution as provided in Code Section 17-10-20. If an offender or other person ordered to pay restitution willfully refuses to comply with a restitution order, the order, in the discretion of the court, may be enforced by attachment for contempt, upon the application […]
§ 17-14-14. Restitution Payments; Wage Assignments; Review of Compliance; Interest
Payments pursuant to an order for restitution shall be made to the clerk of the court or to any other person, for the benefit of the victim or victims, as the ordering authority shall order. In each case in which payment of restitution is ordered as a condition of probation or parole, the ordering authority […]
§ 17-14-15. Peonage Not Authorized by Article; Denial of Benefits Because of Poverty Prohibited
Nothing in this article shall authorize peonage; and this article shall be construed and diligently administered to prevent peonage. No offender shall be denied any benefit, relief, or privilege to which he or she might otherwise be entitled or eligible solely because he or she is financially unable and cannot become financially able to make […]
§ 17-13-49. Uniform Interpretation and Construction
This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate the general purposes to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it. History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 726, § 29.
§ 17-14-16. Transmission of Copies of Restitution Orders to the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, and to the Department of Community Supervision
If an offender who is ordered to pay restitution under this article is remanded to the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, the court shall transmit a copy of the restitution order to such department and to the Department of Community Supervision when the order is issued. History. Code […]
§ 17-14-1. Declaration of Public Policy
It is declared to be the policy of this state that restitution to their victims by those found guilty of crimes or adjudicated as having committed delinquent acts is a primary concern of the criminal justice system and the juvenile justice system. History. Code 1933, § 27-3001, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1382, § […]
§ 17-14-17. Voidable Transfers
The state or the victim of a crime may institute an action against an offender pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 18, the “Uniform Voidable Transactions Act,” to set aside a transfer of real, personal, or other property made voluntarily by the offender on or after the date of the crime committed […]