--- title: Title 44, Chapter 7. Landlord and Tenant collection: code id: code:chapter:44-7 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/44/chapter/7 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-8.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: LANDLORD AND TENANT title_heading: PROPERTY section_count: 73 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7.md?full=1 --- # Title 44, Chapter 7. Landlord and Tenant Title 44. Property 73 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 44-7-1, Creation of landlord and tenant relationship; rights of tenant; construction of lease for less than five years, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-1.md - 44-7-2, Parol contract creating landlord and tenant relationship; certain provisions prohibited; effect of provision for attorney’s fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-2.md - 44-7-3, Disclosure of ownership and agents; effect of failure to comply, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-3.md - 44-7-4, Local ordinances relating to security of premises occupied by tenants; cumulative effect of this Code section, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-4.md - 44-7-5, When implied contract to pay rent arises, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-5.md - 44-7-6, Tenancy at will — Creation when no time period specified, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-6.md - 44-7-7, Tenancy at will — Notice required for termination, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-7.md - 44-7-8, Tenancy at will — Right of tenant to emblements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-8.md - 44-7-9, Estoppel to dispute landlord’s title or attorn to another, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-9.md - 44-7-10, Delivery of possession at end of term; summary remedy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-10.md - 44-7-11, Specific rights of tenants, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-11.md - 44-7-12, Removal of trade fixtures during term; when abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-12.md - 44-7-13, Landlord’s duties as to repairs and improvements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-13.md - 44-7-14, Tort liability of landlord, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-14.md - 44-7-14.1, Landlord’s duties as to utilities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-14.1.md - 44-7-15, Effect of destruction of tenement on obligation to pay rent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-15.md - 44-7-16, Accrual of interest on rent owed, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-16.md - 44-7-17, Exemption from liens against tenant of crops paid as rent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-17.md - 44-7-18, Effect of leases for purposes of prostitution or assignation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-18.md - 44-7-19, Restrictions on rent regulation by local governments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-19.md - 44-7-20, Notification to prospective tenant of property’s propensity toward flooding, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-20.md - 44-7-21, Written brokerage agreement as binding obligation; notice of commission rights form, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-21.md - 44-7-22, Termination of a residential rental agreement by a service member, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-22.md - 44-7-23, Termination of residential lease after issuance of civil or criminal family violence order or civil or criminal stalking order; notice; occupancy, waiver or modification prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-23.md - 44-7-24, Establishment of a prima-facie case of retaliation by tenant against landlord; elements; exception; remedies; rebuttable defense, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-24.md - 44-7-25, Use of brokers by nonresident landlords, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-25.md - 44-7-30, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-30.md - 44-7-30.1, Limitation on security deposit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-30.1.md - 44-7-31, Placement of security deposit in trust in escrow account; notice to tenant of account location, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-31.md - 44-7-32, Surety bond in lieu of escrow account; withdrawal of surety; fees; liability of clerk of superior court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-32.md - 44-7-33, Lists of existing defects and of damages during tenancy; inspection of premises by landlord upon termination of lease and vacation or surrender of premises; right of tenant to inspect and dissent; action to recover security deposit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-33.md - 44-7-34, Return of security deposit; grounds for retention of part; delivery of statement and sum due to tenant; unclaimed deposit; court determination of disposition of deposit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-34.md - 44-7-35, Remedies for landlord’s noncompliance with article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-35.md - 44-7-36, Certain rental units exempt from article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-36.md - 44-7-37, Liability for rent of military personnel receiving change of duty orders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-37.md - 44-7-49, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-49.md - 44-7-50, Demand for possession; procedure upon a tenant’s refusal; notice to vacate or pay, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-50.md - 44-7-51, Issuance of summons; service; time for answer; defenses and counterclaims, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-51.md - 44-7-52, When tender of payment by tenant serves as complete defense, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-52.md - 44-7-53, When writ of possession issued; trial of issues; possession pending trial, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-53.md - 44-7-54, Payment of rent and utility payments into court; issuance of writ upon failure to pay; disposition of funds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-54.md - 44-7-55, Judgment; writ of possession; landlord’s liability for wrongful conduct; distribution of funds paid into court; personal property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-55.md - 44-7-56, Appeal; procedure; possession and payment of rent pending appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-56.md - 44-7-57, Application of article to croppers and servants, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-57.md - 44-7-58, False statements in affidavit or answer; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-58.md - 44-7-59, Removal of transportable housing from lands subject to writ of possession, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-59.md - 44-7-70, Power of landlord to distrain for rent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-70.md - 44-7-71, Application for distress warrant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-71.md - 44-7-72, Issuance of summons; service on defendant; time for hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-72.md - 44-7-73, When tender of payment by tenant serves as complete defense, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-73.md - 44-7-74, Answer; grant of distress warrant on failure to answer; trial; possession pending final outcome, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-74.md - 44-7-75, Payment of rent into court; transfer and possession of property pending trial; seizure; disposition of funds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-75.md - 44-7-76, Bond; determination of amount; effect of approval on alienability of property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-76.md - 44-7-77, Judgment and satisfaction; landlord’s liability; distribution of funds; return of property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-77.md - 44-7-78, Appeal; possession pending appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-78.md - 44-7-79, Execution and levy of distress warrant; sale, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-79.md - 44-7-80, Time for attachment of landlord’s lien; priorities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-80.md - 44-7-81, Claims by third persons; oath and bond; method of trial, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-81.md - 44-7-82, Application of article to tenant’s mobile home, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-82.md - 44-7-100, Nature of relationship between owner and cropper, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-100.md - 44-7-101, Title to crops, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-101.md - 44-7-102, Recovery of crops sold or disposed of without landlord’s consent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-102.md - 44-7-103, Illegal sale by cropper; refusal of landlord to deliver cropper’s share; penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-103.md - 44-7-110, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-110.md - 44-7-111, Legislative findings and intent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-111.md - 44-7-112, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-112.md - 44-7-113, Government agent to assess abandoned mobile home; lien on intact mobile home; derelict mobile homes; notice; governmental immunity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-113.md - 44-7-114, Hearing on findings of derelict mobile homes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-114.md - 44-7-115, Foreclosure of liens on abandoned or intact mobile homes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-115.md - 44-7-116, Public sales; procedure; penalty for noncompliance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-116.md - 44-7-117, Clerk’s role in management of proceeds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-117.md - 44-7-118, Documentation for purchaser, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-118.md - 44-7-119, Appointment of local government agent not required, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7-119.md