Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 7. LANDLORD AND TENANT · Article 4. DISTRESS WARRANTS

44-7-70. Power of landlord to distrain for rent.

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The landlord shall have power to distrain for rent as soon as the same is due if the tenant is seeking to remove his property from the premises.

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

Laws 1811, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 901; Code 1863, § 2267; Code 1868, § 2259; Code 1873, § 2285; Code 1882, § 2285; Civil Code 1895, § 3124; Civil Code 1910, § 3700; Code 1933, § 61-401; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1514, § 2.

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Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, page 885; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.