Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 91. PUBLIC WORKS BIDDING · Article 3. BONDS · Part 4. PAYMENT BONDS

36-91-91. Liability of contracting party to subcontractors for noncompliance.

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

If a payment bond or security deposit is not taken in the manner and form required in this article, the corporation or body for which work is done under the contract shall be liable to all subcontractors and to all persons furnishing labor, skill, tools, machinery, or materials to the contractor or subcontractor thereunder for any loss resulting to them from such failure. No agreement, modification, or change in the contract, change in the work covered by the contract, or extension of time for the completion of the contract shall release the sureties of such payment bond.

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, § 36-91-71, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 498, § 1; Code 1981, § 36-91-91, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2001, p. 820, § 12.

Law reviews

For survey article on construction law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 55 (2007) For survey article on construction law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 59 (2008). For annual survey of construction law, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 23 (2015). For survey article on local government law, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 147 (2015).

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

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