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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 41. RESIDENTIAL AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS

43-41-7. Written warranties required.

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

  1. A licensed residential contractor and any affiliated entities shall offer a written warranty in connection with each contract to construct, or superintend or manage the construction of, any single-family residence where the total value of the work or activity or the compensation to be received by the contractor for such activity or work exceeds $2,500.00. The residential contractor division shall establish the minimum requirements of such warranty. The parties to the warranty may agree to submit any or all disputes arising under the warranty to arbitration. Such agreement to arbitrate shall be enforceable as provided in Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 9, the ‘‘Georgia Arbitration Code.’’

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, § 43-41-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 786, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 43/HB 142; reenacted without change, Ga. L. 2024, p. 705, § 1/SB 503, effective July 1, 2024.

Law reviews

For survey article on construction law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 59 (2008). For annual survey on construction law, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 65 (2009).

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

Text read from t43-ch33-51-(v30a)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V30A, 2021 edition, page 512; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 6fb9eb45ca3a.