Georgia Code, Title 44, Chapter 3, Article 1 - Georgia Land Sales Act

• § 44-3-1 - Short Title
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Land Sales Act."
• § 44-3-2 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Agent" means any person who represents, or acts for or on behalf of, a developer in...
• § 44-3-3 - Registration Statement; Accompanying Documents; Material Changes; Property Report; Lots or Parcels Subject to Blanket Encumbrances; Records Subject to Inspection by Purchaser; Copy of Property Report to Be Given to Prospective Purchasers; Sales Contract; Amendments to Report
  (a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to offer for sale or to sell any subdivided land to any person in this state...
• § 44-3-4 - Exemptions From Code Section 44-3-3
  Unless the method of sale is adopted for the purpose of evasion of this article or of the federal Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure...
• § 44-3-4.1 - Fees and Expenses of Commission
  Repealed by Ga. L. 1995, p. 993, § 1, effective July 1, 1995.
• § 44-3-5 - Violations of Article
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) To offer to sell or to sell any subdivided land in violation of any provision...
• § 44-3-6 - Order Prohibiting Act, Practice, or Transaction in Violation of Article; Injunctive Relief
  (a) Whenever it appears to the district attorney or the Attorney General, either upon complaint or otherwise, that any person has engaged in, is...
• § 44-3-7 - Willful Violation of Article; Effect on Statutory or Common-Law Right to Punish Violations; Effect of Article on Attorney General
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, any person who shall willfully violate any provision of this article shall be...
• § 44-3-8 - Rights of Buyer Upon Violation; Persons Liable for Violations; Limitation on Actions; Survival of Actions; Effect on Statutory or Common-Law Rights; Exemption of Advertisers From Liability
  (a) Any person who violates any provision of Code Section 44-3-5 shall be liable to the person buying such land. Such buyer may bring...
• § 44-3-8.1 - Denial of Application, Reprimand, Suspension, Civil Penalty, or Revocation of Registration
  Repealed by Ga. L. 1995, p. 993, § 1, effective July 1, 1995.
• § 44-3-9 - Venue
  Except as provided in Code Section 44-3-6, for the purposes of venue for any civil or criminal action under this article, any violation of...
• § 44-3-10 - Business Records Required
  Any developer or its agents shall keep among its business records and make reasonably available for examination to a purchaser or the purchaser's agent...
• § 44-3-11 - Certain Waivers in Contract Void
  Any condition, stipulation, or provision binding any person who enters into a transaction subject to the provisions of this article which waives: (1) Compliance...
• § 44-3-12 - Burden of Proof of Exemption
  In any action, civil or criminal, where a defense is based upon any exemption provided for in this article, the burden of proving the...
• § 44-3-13 - Application of Prior Law to Actions, Registrations, and Orders Prior to July 1, 1990
  Prior law exclusively governs all actions, prosecutions, or proceedings which are pending or may be initiated on the basis of facts or circumstances occurring...
• § 44-3-13.1 - Through 44-3-13.3
  Repealed by Ga. L. 1995, p. 993, § 1, effective July 1, 1995.
• Section 44-3-14. - Business records required
• § 44-3-15 - Consent to Service
  Repealed by Ga. L. 1995, p. 993, § 1, effective July 1, 1995.
• Section 44-3-16. - Certain waivers in contract void
• § 44-3-17 - Immunity of Commissioner and Commission From Liability and Actions
  Repealed by Ga. L. 1995, p. 993, § 1, effective July 1, 1995.
• Section 44-3-18. - Burden of proof of exemption; effect of certificate of commission stating compliance or noncompliance with article; admissibility of copies of documents
• Section 44-3-19. - Application of prior law to actions, registrations, and orders prior to July 1, 1990; application of Code Section 44-3-13 to review of orders not instituted by July 1, 1990
• § 44-3-20 - Through 44-3-27
  Repealed by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1431, § 1, effective November 1, 1982.

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