Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Chapter 6. AGENCY · Article 2. RELATIONS BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND AGENT

10-6-22. Required standard of care.

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An agent for hire shall be bound to exercise, about the business of his principal, that ordinary care, skill, and diligence required of a bailee for hire. A voluntary agent, without hire or reward, shall be liable only for gross neglect.

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 2163; Code 1868, § 2159; Code 1873, § 2185; Code 1882, § 2185; Civil Code 1895, § 3009; Civil Code 1910, § 3581; Code 1933, § 4-203.

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