{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-35-10-9","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 35-10-9","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 department nomenclature or symbols 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 35 Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies","CHAPTER 10 Municipal and County Police Departments’ Nomenclature"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.35.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":"494e6923284b9d8eb81460e9fe29e35c8b3f04f7b5a49b3381db98695e930474","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-35-10-8","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-35-10-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}