{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-12-222","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-12-222","heading":"Determination of claim; hearing.","body":"(a) The commissioner shall consider any claim filed under this article and may hold a hearing and receive evidence concerning it. If a hearing is held, he shall prepare a finding and a decision in writing on each claim filed, stating the substance of any evidence heard by him and the reasons for his decision. The decision shall be a public record.\n(b) If the claim is allowed, the commissioner shall make payment forthwith. The claim shall be paid without deduction for costs of notice.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 12 Rights in Personalty","Article 5 Disposition of Unclaimed Property"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.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":"1f65569c103e7eb21c0c3c35926d8f8775c332108ec5470e5cba251f2db4babc","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-12-221","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-12-223"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}