{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-25-13-9","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 25-13-9","heading":"Actions for civil damages.","body":"Any person who has given money or any other item of value to another person due in part to such person’s use of the nomenclature or symbol of a department in violation of this chapter may maintain a suit for damages against the violator. Where it is proven that the violation was willful, the victim shall be entitled to recover treble damages, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney’s fees.","path":["TITLE 25 Fire Protection and Safety","CHAPTER 13 Municipal, County, and Volunteer Fire Departments Nomenclature"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.25.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":"bbcd550d0709f355245867cf03af1f0f677666541b9a3e9bf2c4778714d3250d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-25-13-8","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-25-13-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}