Title 36 — Title 36
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O.C.G.A. § 36-11-1 Time for presentation of claims
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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. His…
O.C.G.A. § 36-11-3 When orders to be paid; registration of orders issued
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No order shall be paid until after five days from its date and delivery, unless otherwise specially ordered. In the meantime, the county governing authority may furnish the county treasurer with a full statement of all orders issued, which shall be immediately registered by him; …
O.C.G.A. § 36-11-4 Order in which county debts paid
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(a) When there are enough funds to pay all outstanding orders and other forms of indebtedness due which the treasurer is authorized to pay, such debts may be paid indiscriminately without regard to their dates. When there are enough funds to pay all forms of indebtedness dated pr…
O.C.G.A. § 36-11-5 Interest on orders presented and not paid
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(a) On December 1 of each year, the county treasurer and the county governing authority shall together make an entry of all orders entitled to payment which were not so presented for payment and what orders not of equal dignity have been paid instead, in whole or in part, and wha…
O.C.G.A. § 36-11-6 Negotiability of county orders
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All county orders are transferable by delivery or endorsement; and the endorser shall be liable according to the terms of his endorsement, 431 36-11-7 as in commercial paper, provided that no transfer can take place so as to prevent a treasurer from setting off any sum that the p…
O.C.G.A. § 36-11-7 Satisfaction of judgment against county
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The private property of the citizens of a county shall not be bound by any judgment obtained against the county. Such judgment, if binding, shall be satisfied from money raised by lawful taxation. 432 History. — Orig. Code 1863, § 480; Code 1868, § 542; Code 1873, § 508; Code 36-…