Slater v. State ex rel. Cox

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Beverly Slater appeals from an order dismissing her appeal to the Superior Court of Fulton County from a cease and desist order issued by the Commissioner of Securities that also imposed a civil penalty in the amount of $45,360. Slater contends that the trial court erred by concluding that her appeal was untimely, because it was not filed within the 20-day deadline imposed by the Georgia Securities Act in OCGA § 10-5-17. According to Slater, her appeal was timely filed within the 30-day time period required by the Administrative Procedures Act for “contested cases.”…