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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 51 - TORTS

CHAPTER 7 - FALSE ARREST, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, MALICIOUS PROSECUTION, AND ABUSIVE LITIGATION
ARTICLE 3 - MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
§ 51-7-40 - Right of action for malicious prosecution

O.C.G.A. 51-7-40 (2010)
51-7-40. Right of action for malicious prosecution


A criminal prosecution which is carried on maliciously and without any probable cause and which causes damage to the person prosecuted shall give him a cause of action.