Georgia § 7-1-916 - Forfeiture of property involved in illegal transactions.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 7-1-916 — Forfeiture of property involved in illegal transactions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7-1-916. Forfeiture of property involved in illegal transactions.
All property of every kind used or intended for use in the course of, derived from, or realized through a transaction which in fact involves the proceeds of unlawful activity specified in Chapter 14 of Title 16 or otherwise subject to the provisions of this article shall be subject to forfeiture to the state. Forfeiture shall be had by the same procedure as is set forth in Chapter 16 of Title 9. As used in this Code section, the terms "proceeds" and "property" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 9-16-2. (Code 1981, § 7-1-916 , enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1211, § 21; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 3-6/HB 233.) Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure." Law reviews. - For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015).
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