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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

44-7-4. Local ordinances relating to security of premises occupied by tenants; cumulative effect of this Code section.

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

  1. (a)

    Municipalities and counties may establish by local ordinance minimum security standards not in conflict with applicable fire codes to prevent the unauthorized entry of premises occupied by a tenant as a dwelling place and may require landlords to comply with such standards.#

  2. (b)

    This Code section shall be cumulative to and shall not prohibit the enactment of other general and local laws, rules and regulations of state or local agencies, and local ordinances on this subject.#

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 1933, § 61-102.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1372, § 3.

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

Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, page 782; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.