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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-7-70. Power of landlord to distrain for rent.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-7-70. Power of landlord to distrain for rent.

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.

## 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.