{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-10-65","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 13-10-65","heading":"Time for instituting action.","body":"No action can be instituted on the payment bonds or security deposits after one year from the completion of the contract and the acceptance of the public works construction by the proper public authorities. Every action instituted under this article shall be brought in the name of the claimant, without the state or the agency or authority of the state for which the work was done or was to be done being made a party thereto.","path":["TITLE 13 Contracts","CHAPTER 10 Contracts for Public Works","Article 1 General Provisions","PART 4 Payment Bonds"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.13.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"2363ed53c3f0bf26379ba921f77b3e5f1c1978108d5e45a648e116b03431a3b2","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-10-64","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-10-66"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}