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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 9. ARBITRATION · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Part 2. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION CODE

9-9-24. Receipt of written communications.

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

  1. (a)

    Unless otherwise agreed by the parties:#

    1. (1)

      Any written communication shall be deemed to have been received if it is delivered to the addressee personally or if it is delivered at his or her place of business, habitual residence, or mailing address; if none of these can be found after making a reasonable inquiry, a written communication shall be deemed to have been received if it is sent to the addressee’s last known place of business, habitual residence, or mailing address by registered mail or any other means which provides a record of the attempt to deliver it; and#

    2. (2)

      Communications shall be deemed to have been received on the day it is delivered.#

  2. (b)

    The provisions of this Code section shall not apply to communications in court proceedings.#

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 1981, § 9-9-24, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 961, § 1/SB 383.

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

Text read from t9-ch1-10-(v6)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V6, 2023 edition, page 663; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 ea8a520ad52f.