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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 7. LANDLORD AND TENANT · Article 1. IN GENERAL

44-7-25. Use of brokers by nonresident landlords.

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

  1. (a)

    Any landlord that is not a resident of this state that owns or operates single-family or duplex residential rental properties in this state shall employ a broker licensed pursuant to Chapter 40 of Title 43, that may or may not reside within this state. If the broker does not reside within this state, the broker shall employ at least one person, to be located within this state, who shall be responsible for receiving, coordinating, managing, and responding to communications from tenants of such landlord related to maintenance and other issues related to such properties.#

  2. (b)

    The exemptions set forth in paragraphs (7) and (8) of subsection (a) of Code Section 43-40-29 shall not apply to any landlord that is not a resident of this state that owns or operates single-family or duplex residential rental properties as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section.#

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, § 44-7-25, enacted by Ga. L. 2025, p. 882, § 2/HB 399, effective July 1, 2025.

Effective date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2025.

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

Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, 2025 supplement, page 168; merge action: added; file SHA-256 a165b4d6b81d.