---
title: O.C.G.A. § 18-2-80. Venue.
collection: code
id: 18-2-80
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 18-2-80 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/18-2-80
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/18-2-80.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/18-2-80/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=b0848ebd_0#page=112
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/18-2.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/18-2-79.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/18-2-81.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: DEBTOR AND CREDITOR / DEBTOR AND CREDITOR RELATIONS / UNIFORM VOIDABLE TRANSACTIONS ACT
---

# O.C.G.A. § 18-2-80. Venue.

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

(1) A debtor who is an individual is located at the individual’s principal residence;

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

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

(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.

## History

Code 1981, § 18-2-80, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 4A-1/SB 65.