{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-3-147","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 38-3-147","heading":"Private cause of action; recovery of treble damages, punitive damages, and attorney’s fees.","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 agency nomenclature or symbols in violation of this article 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 38 Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs","CHAPTER 3 Emergency Management","Article 9 Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Nomenclature Act"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.38.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":"049a1bb963a9e42b384c6c5e0dea92de9894577ab0f7b8298ce9f5c7569b8077","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-3-146","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-3-148"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}