Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Chapter 1. SELLING AND OTHER TRADE PRACTICES · Article 29. FARM TRACTOR WARRANTY ACT

10-1-817. Affirmative defenses against claims.

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It shall be an affirmative defense to claims under this article that:
(1)
An alleged nonconformity does not substantially impair such use and market value; or#
(2)
A nonconformity is the result of abuse or neglect or of modifications or alterations of the farm tractor not authorized by the manufacturer.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 10-1-817, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 419, § 1.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, a comma was deleted following “neglect” in paragraph (2).

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