{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-40","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-7-40","heading":"Right of action for malicious prosecution.","body":"A criminal prosecution which is carried on maliciously and without any probable cause and which causes damage to the person prosecuted shall give him a cause of action.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 7 False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, and Abusive Litigation","Article 3 Malicious Prosecution"],"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":"bfd86d41088f73b60e873bbd5c6c76d31af6dd5a60c9de49fc6f2b0f433c977e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-22","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}