Georgia § 50-27-51 - Definitions.
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§ 50-27-51. Definitions.
As used in this article, the term: "Claimant agency" means any state agency, department, board, bureau, commission, or authority to which an individual owes a debt or which acts on behalf of an individual to collect a debt. "Debt" means any liquidated sum due and owing any claimant agency, which sum has accrued through contract, subrogation, tort, or operation of law regardless of whether there is an outstanding judgment for the sum, or any sum which is due and owing any person and is enforceable by the state or any of its agencies or departments. "Debtor" means any individual owing money to or having a delinquent account with any claimant agency, which obligation has not been adjudicated as satisfied by court order, set aside by court order, or discharged in bankruptcy. "Prize" means the proceeds of any lottery prize awarded under Article 1 of this chapter. (Code 1981, § 50-27-51 , enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1037, § 2.)
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