{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-12-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 36-12-2","heading":"Eligibility for benefits.","body":"No person who is able to maintain himself by labor or who has sufficient means shall be entitled to the benefits of the provision for the poor. In cases where women are unable to maintain themselves and the helpless children they may have, they may be aided to the extent required in the furnishing of food, clothing, or shelter.","path":["TITLE 36 Local Government","Provisions Applicable to Counties Only","CHAPTER 12 Supervision and Support of Paupers"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.36.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":"737d9d3d66296164f29c8628fcb5ea5664464d98bec266017e3c3aed9b0136da","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-12-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-12-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}