{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-11-21","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-11-21","heading":"Tender of damages in tort action; effect of continuing tender.","body":"A person committing a tort may, before or after an action is brought, tender to the person injured such an amount of damages as in his judgment will cover the injury; and, if the same shall be rejected, he may deposit the amount in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county of his residence as a continuing tender; and, if the jury trying the cause shall give no more damages than the amount tendered, the plaintiff shall recover no costs accruing subsequently to the time of the tender.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 11 Defenses to Tort Actions","Article 2 Satisfaction"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.51.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":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"8138c85bb8f9eff17de75e949fb20f93a3e0dfacec2569dac15cb3e4e938cf66","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-11-20","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}