--- title: Title 10, Chapter 6. Agency collection: code id: code:chapter:10-6 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/10/chapter/6 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6.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/10.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5B.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6A.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: AGENCY title_heading: COMMERCE AND TRADE section_count: 58 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6.md?full=1 --- # Title 10, Chapter 6. Agency Title 10. Commerce and Trade 58 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 10-6-1, Creation of agency relationship, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-1.md - 10-6-2, Formality necessary to create agency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-2.md - 10-6-3, Eligibility standard for agent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-3.md - 10-6-4, Conveyance authority of attorneys in fact, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-4.md - 10-6-5, Agent authority; delegation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-5.md - 10-6-6, Conditional power of attorney, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-6.md - 10-6-7, Application, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-7.md - 10-6-20, Rights under agency for illegal purpose, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-20.md - 10-6-21, Extent of agent’s authority; liability for exceeding, violating, or disregarding instructions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-21.md - 10-6-22, Required standard of care, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-22.md - 10-6-23, Instructions from multiple principals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-23.md - 10-6-24, Sale or purchase to self prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-24.md - 10-6-25, Personal profit off principal’s property prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-25.md - 10-6-26, Dispute of principal’s title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-26.md - 10-6-27, Principal’s right of recovery, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-27.md - 10-6-28, Effect of bank failure, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-28.md - 10-6-29, Mingling goods, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-29.md - 10-6-30, Proper accounting required, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-30.md - 10-6-31, Commission and expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-31.md - 10-6-32, Owner’s right to sell property placed with broker; broker’s right to commissions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-32.md - 10-6-33, Method for revocation of agency; damages for unreasonable revocation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-33.md - 10-6-34, Effect of death or disability on pledge of stock with power of attorney, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-34.md - 10-6-35, Effect of death on power of attorney by member of armed forces, seaman, or person on war service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-35.md - 10-6-36, Effect of incompetency or incapacity of principal on power of attorney, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-36.md - 10-6-37, Action for wrongful discharge of agent before termination of contract, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-37.md - 10-6-38, Mitigation of damages for improper dismissal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-38.md - 10-6-39, Liability of principal for injuries by other agents, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-39.md - 10-6-50, Scope of authority; general and special agents, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-50.md - 10-6-51, Effect of acts within and outside scope of authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-51.md - 10-6-52, Ratification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-52.md - 10-6-53, Form of act, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-53.md - 10-6-54, Effect of undisclosed principal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-54.md - 10-6-55, Effect of seller giving credit to agent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-55.md - 10-6-56, Effect of representations or concealment on principal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-56.md - 10-6-57, Nonproduction of payment made or security by agent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-57.md - 10-6-58, Effect of notice to agent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-58.md - 10-6-59, Conspiracy with third parties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-59.md - 10-6-60, Effect of neglect or fraud by agent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-60.md - 10-6-61, Effect of willful trespass by agent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-61.md - 10-6-62, Rights under contract; undisclosed principal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-62.md - 10-6-63, Recovery of illegal or mistaken payments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-63.md - 10-6-64, Agent may be witness; credibility; admissibility of agent’s declarations, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-64.md - 10-6-80, Agent authority in legal actions; parol authority; effect of repudiation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-80.md - 10-6-81, Recovery for mistaken payment to principal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-81.md - 10-6-82, Agent’s right of action on principal’s contracts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-82.md - 10-6-83, Right of action by agent for interference with possession of principal’s property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-83.md - 10-6-84, Enforcement of contract after authority exceeded, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-84.md - 10-6-85, Liability for exceeding authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-85.md - 10-6-86, Liability of person signing instrument as agent or fiduciary, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-86.md - 10-6-87, Assignment of credit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-87.md - 10-6-88, Liability on public contract, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-88.md - 10-6-89, Contract for nonexisting principal void; right of action against purported agent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-89.md - 10-6-100, Bond to be posted by agent in business of receiving cash for payment to third persons; exceptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-100.md - 10-6-101, Right to restitution from bond; agent’s civil liability or criminal responsibility to patron not affected, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-101.md - 10-6-102, Penalties for failure to post bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-102.md - 10-6-120, Overseer’s duties and powers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-120.md - 10-6-121, Parol contract between employer and overseer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-121.md - 10-6-140, , repealed through 10-6-142 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6-140.md