Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Chapter 6B. GEORGIA POWER OF ATTORNEY · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

10-6B-17. Agent’s liability to principal.

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An agent that violates this chapter shall be liable to the principal or the principal’s successors in interest for the amount required to:
(1)
Restore the value of the principal’s property to what it would have been had the violation not occurred; and#
(2)
Reimburse the principal or the principal’s successors in interest for the attorney’s fees and costs paid on the agent’s behalf.#

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, § 10-6B-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221.

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