{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-49-4-58","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 49-4-58","heading":"Assistance is neither assignable nor subject to legal process; payment of assistance check after death of recipient.","body":"(a) Assistance granted under this article shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity; and none of the money paid or payable under this article shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.\n(b) Where a recipient dies after authorization of his assistance grant but before negotiation of his assistance check for the month in which his death occurs, endorsement of such check without recourse by the department to the spouse or nearest living relative of the recipient shall be sufficient authorization to the drawee bank to pay such check.","path":["TITLE 49 Social Services","CHAPTER 4 Public Assistance","Article 3 Aid to the Blind"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.49.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":"39deb1b223f36d2ccb84934e8059b2fa337f8241e2f29df157dbc43babca73cf","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-49-4-57","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-49-4-59"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}