by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) 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.(b) In each case in which payment of restitution is ordered as a condition...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) A restitution order shall be enforceable as is a civil judgment by execution as provided in Code Section 17-10-20.(b) If an offender or other person ordered to pay restitution willfully refuses to comply with a restitution order, the order, in the discretion of...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
The ordering authority shall retain jurisdiction to modify a restitution order at any time before the expiration of the relief ordered.OCGA § 17-14-12Added by 2005 Ga. Laws 20,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2005.
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
An order for restitution shall not bar any civil action against the offender. However, any payments made by an offender to a victim under an order for restitution may be a setoff against any judgment awarded to the victim in a civil action based on the same facts for...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) In determining the nature and amount of restitution, the ordering authority shall consider: (1) The financial resources and other assets of the offender or person ordered to pay restitution including whether any of the assets are jointly controlled;(2) The...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
The amount of restitution ordered shall not exceed the victim’s damages.OCGA § 17-14-9Added by 2005 Ga. Laws 20,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2005.
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