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title: O.C.G.A. § 11-2A-211. Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee’s obligation against infringement.
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# O.C.G.A. § 11-2A-211. Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee’s obligation against infringement.

(1) There is in a lease contract a warranty that for the lease term no person holds a claim to or interest in the goods that arose from an act or omission of the lessor, other than a claim by way of infringement or the like, which will interfere with the lessee’s enjoyment of its leasehold interest.

(2) Except in a finance lease there is in a lease contract by a lessor who is a merchant regularly dealing in goods of the kind a warranty that the goods are delivered free of the rightful claim of any person by way of infringement or the like.

(3) A lessee who furnishes specifications to a lessor or a supplier shall hold the lessor and the supplier harmless against any claim by way of infringement or the like that arises out of compliance with the specifications.

## History

Code 1981, § 11-2A-211, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 633, § 1.