Georgia Code, Title 13, Chapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 13-1-1 - Contract Defined -- Generally
  A contract is an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some specified thing.
• § 13-1-2 - Contract Defined -- Executed and Executory Contracts
  (a) An executed contract is one in which all the parties thereto have performed all the obligations which they have originally assumed.(b) An executory...
• § 13-1-3 - Contract Defined -- Contract of Record
  A contract of record is one which has been declared and adjudicated by a court having jurisdiction or which is entered of record in...
• § 13-1-4 - Contract Defined -- Specialty Contract
  A specialty is a contract under seal and is considered by the law as entered into with more solemnity, and consequently of higher dignity,...
• § 13-1-5 - Contract Defined -- Simple Contract
  (a) All other contracts than those specified in Code Sections 13-1-2 through 13-1-4 are termed simple contracts.(b) Simple contracts may either be in writing...
• § 13-1-6 - Contract Defined -- Parol Contracts
  Parol contracts shall include only contracts in words as remembered by witnesses.
• § 13-1-7 - Contract Defined -- Absolute and Conditional Contracts
  (a) A contract may be absolute or conditional. In an absolute contract, every covenant is independent and the breach of one does not relieve...
• § 13-1-8 - Contract Defined -- Entire and Severable Contracts
  (a) A contract may be either entire or severable. In an entire contract, the whole contract stands or falls together. In a severable contract,...
• § 13-1-9 - Apportionment of Entire Contracts
  In some cases even an entire contract is apportionable, as where the price to be paid is not fixed, or is by the contract...
• § 13-1-10 - Licenses and Contracts Distinguished
  Where, in the exercise of the police power, a license is issued, the license is not a contract but only a permission to enjoy...
• § 13-1-11 - Validity and Enforcement of Obligations to Pay Attorney's Fees Upon Notes or Other Evidence of Indebtedness
  (a) Obligations to pay attorney's fees upon any note or other evidence of indebtedness, in addition to the rate of interest specified therein, shall...
• § 13-1-12 - Requirement of Proof of Endorsement or Assignment of Bill, Bond, or Note in Action by Endorsee
  When an action is brought by an endorsee, an endorsement or assignment of any bill, bond, or note need not be proved unless denied...
• § 13-1-13 - Recovery of Voluntary Payments
  Payments of claims made through ignorance of the law or where all the facts are known and there is no misplaced confidence and no...
• § 13-1-14 - Collection of Closing Fees for Contracts for the Advance of Money or the Extension of Credit; Refund of Closing Fees in Certain Instances; Limited Application
  (a) In addition to any other charges permitted for the advance of money or for the extension of credit, a lender or seller may...
• § 13-1-15 - Convenience Fee; When Appropriate
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Actual cost" means the amount paid by a third party for the processing of...

Last modified: October 14, 2016