About this service
Protecting a theft victim runs along two distinct axes: one is criminal prosecution — the punishment of the offender; the other is property recovery — the return of what was stolen or of the damage caused. The Civil Procedure Code of Georgia builds the second axis with special norms, and they are the subject of this page: the admissibility of the damage claim, its form, the manner of examination and the appeal. The principal statement this page makes is this: criminal prosecution of theft does not automatically restore the victim's property — that happens through a claim.