Georgia Code, Title 44, Chapter 7, Article 1 - In General

• § 44-7-1 - Creation of Landlord and Tenant Relationship; Rights of Tenant; Construction of Lease for Less Than Five Years
  (a) The relationship of landlord and tenant is created when the owner of real estate grants to another person, who accepts such grant, the...
• § 44-7-2 - Parol Contract Creating Landlord and Tenant Relationship; Certain Provisions Prohibited; Effect of Provision for Attorney's Fees
  (a) Contracts creating the relationship of landlord and tenant for any time not exceeding one year may be by parol.(b) In any contract, lease,...
• § 44-7-3 - Disclosure of Ownership and Agents; Effect of Failure to Comply
  (a) At or before the commencement of a tenancy, the landlord or an agent or other person authorized to enter into a rental agreement...
• § 44-7-4 - Local Ordinances Relating to Security of Premises Occupied by Tenants; Cumulative Effect of This Code Section
  (a) Municipalities and counties may establish by local ordinance minimum security standards not in conflict with applicable fire codes to prevent the unauthorized entry...
• § 44-7-5 - When Implied Contract to Pay Rent Arises
  When, in an action for rent, title is shown in the plaintiff and occupation by the defendant is proved, an obligation to pay rent...
• § 44-7-6 - Tenancy At Will -- Creation When No Time Period Specified
  Where no time is specified for the termination of a tenancy, the law construes it to be a tenancy at will.
• § 44-7-7 - Tenancy At Will -- Notice Required for Termination
  Sixty days' notice from the landlord or 30 days' notice from the tenant is necessary to terminate a tenancy at will.
• § 44-7-8 - Tenancy At Will -- Right of Tenant to Emblements
  The tenant at will is entitled to his emblements if the crop is sowed or planted before the landlord gives him notice of termination...
• § 44-7-9 - Estoppel to Dispute Landlord's Title or Attorn to Another
  The tenant may not dispute his landlord's title or attorn to another claimant while he is in actual physical occupation, while he is performing...
• § 44-7-10 - Delivery of Possession At End of Term; Summary Remedy
  The tenant shall deliver possession to the landlord at the expiration of his term; and, if he fails or refuses to do so, a...
• § 44-7-11 - Specific Rights of Tenants
  The tenant has no rights beyond the use of the land and tenements rented to him and such privileges as are necessary for the...
• § 44-7-12 - Removal of Trade Fixtures During Term; When Abandoned
  During the term of his tenancy or any continuation thereof or while he is in possession under the landlord, a tenant may remove trade...
• § 44-7-13 - Landlord's Duties As to Repairs and Improvements
  The landlord must keep the premises in repair. He shall be liable for all substantial improvements placed upon the premises by his consent.
• § 44-7-14 - Tort Liability of Landlord
  Having fully parted with possession and the right of possession, the landlord is not responsible to third persons for damages resulting from the negligence...
• § 44-7-14.1 - Landlord's Duties As to Utilities
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "utilities" means heat, light, and water service.(b) It shall be unlawful for any landlord knowingly...
• § 44-7-15 - Effect of Destruction of Tenement on Obligation to Pay Rent
  The destruction of a tenement by fire or the loss of possession by any casualty not caused by the landlord or from a defect...
• § 44-7-16 - Accrual of Interest on Rent Owed
  All contracts for rent shall bear interest from the time the rent is due.
• § 44-7-17 - Exemption From Liens Against Tenant of Crops Paid As Rent
  When it is agreed that the tenant shall pay to the landlord as rent a part of the crop produced on the lands rented...
• § 44-7-18 - Effect of Leases for Purposes of Prostitution or Assignation
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Assignation" means the making of any appointment or engagement for prostitution or any act...
• § 44-7-19 - Restrictions on Rent Regulation by Local Governments
  No county or municipal corporation may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution which would regulate in any way the amount of rent...
• § 44-7-20 - Notification to Prospective Tenant of Property's Propensity Toward Flooding
  When the owner of real property, either directly or through an agent, seeks to lease or rent that property for residential occupancy, prior to...
• § 44-7-21 - Written Brokerage Agreement As Binding Obligation; Notice of Commission Rights Form
  (a) Where a landlord or tenant has entered into a written brokerage commission agreement for the payment of compensation or promise of payment to...
• § 44-7-22 - Termination of a Residential Rental Agreement by a Service Member
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "service member" means an active duty member of the regular or reserve component of the...

Last modified: October 14, 2016