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title: O.C.G.A. § 48-5-82. Prohibition of clauses preventing applications for homestead tax deferral; exceptions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 48-5-82. Prohibition of clauses preventing applications for homestead tax deferral; exceptions.

Except with respect to requirements dictated by federal law, rule, or regulation, no mortgage, deed to secure debt, or other agreement may contain a provision, clause, or statement which prohibits the owner from claiming a real property tax deferral on his homestead. Any such provision, clause, or statement executed on or after July 1, 1980, is void and unenforceable.

## History

Code 1933, § 91A-2412, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1707, § 1.