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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 18. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR · Chapter 2. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR RELATIONS · Article 4. UNIFORM VOIDABLE TRANSACTIONS ACT

18-2-80. Venue.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    In this Code section, the following rules determine a debtor’s location:#

    1. (1)

      A debtor who is an individual is located at the individual’s principal residence;#

    2. (2)

      A debtor that is an organization and has only one place of business is located at its place of business; and#

    3. (3)

      A debtor that is an organization and has more than one place of business is located at its chief executive office.#

  2. (b)

    A cause of action in the nature of a claim for relief under this article is governed by the law of the jurisdiction in which the debtor is located when the transfer is made or the obligation is incurred.#

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, § 18-2-80, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 4A-1/SB 65.

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