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# O.C.G.A. § 10-1-390. Short title.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Fair Business Practices Act of 1975.”

## History

Ga. L. 1975, p. 376, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 2/SB 148.

## Cross References

Violations of requirement to place security freeze on consumer credit report, § 10-1-914.

Violation of Fair Business Practice Act for selling or holding cigarettes to which tax stamp is illegally affixed, § 48-11-23.1.

## Law Reviews

For article, “Consumer Disclosure in the 1990s,” see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 777 (1993).

For article, “Multiple Sources of Consumer Law and Enforcement” (Or: ‘Still in Search of a Uniform Policy’), see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 881 (1993).

For review of 1996 commerce and trade legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 33 (1996).

For article, “Problems Arising Out of the Use of ‘WWW.Trademark.Com’: The Application of Principles of Trademark Law to Internet Domain Name Disputes,” see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 455 (1997).

For annual survey of construction law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 109 (2004).

For annual survey of trial practice and procedure, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 381 (2005).

For annual survey on class actions, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 1107 (2011).

For annual survey on administrative law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 15 (2017).

For annual survey on real property, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 251 (2017).