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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-1-522. Delivery of artwork to dealer for exhibition or sale in exchange for compensation constituting consignment.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-1-522. Delivery of artwork to dealer for exhibition or sale in exchange for compensation constituting consignment.

Notwithstanding any custom, practice, or usage of the trade to the contrary, whenever an artist delivers or causes to be delivered a work of art of the artist’s own creation to an art dealer in this state for the purpose of exhibition or sale, or both, on a commission, fee, or other basis of compensation, the delivery to and acceptance of such work of art by the art dealer shall constitute a consignment, unless the delivery to the art dealer is pursuant to an outright sale for which the artist receives or has received full compensation for the work of art upon delivery.

## History

Code 1981, § 10-1-522, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 267, § 1.