{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-74-50","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 36-74-50","heading":"Other enforcement methods.","body":"It is the intent of this article to provide an additional or supplemental means of obtaining compliance with local codes. Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit a local governing body through its code inspector from enforcing its codes by any other lawful means including criminal and civil proceedings; provided, however, that a local governing body shall not pursue a specific instance of an alleged violation of an ordinance against one violator before both a code enforcement board and a magistrate, municipal, or other court authorized to hear ordinance violations.","path":["TITLE 36 Local Government","Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations","CHAPTER 74 Local Government Code Enforcement Boards","Article 3 Enforcement Boards Created Prior to January 1, 2003"],"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":"068fde0a021e577c5431f6d55460ace763157c1c2ee35f045367bc2894bc0f3d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-74-49","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-75-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}