--- title: Title 16, Chapter 17. Payday Lending collection: code id: code:chapter:16-17 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/16/chapter/17 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17.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/16.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-16.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: PAYDAY LENDING title_heading: CRIMES AND OFFENSES section_count: 10 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17.md?full=1 --- # Title 16, Chapter 17. Payday Lending Title 16. Crimes and Offenses 10 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 16-17-1, Payday lending; legislative findings; prohibited activity; no impairment of agencies with concurrent jurisdiction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17-1.md - 16-17-2, Prohibition on loans of less than $3,000.00; exceptions; penalty for violations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17-2.md - 16-17-3, Collection of indebtedness barred; civil action permitted by borrowers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17-3.md - 16-17-4, Liability for civil penalty to state; distribution of proceeds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17-4.md - 16-17-5, Tax on loans, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17-5.md - 16-17-6, Evidence and investigation in pursuit of prosecutions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17-6.md - 16-17-7, Prohibition against issuance of certificate of authority from Secretary of State, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17-7.md - 16-17-8, Site of payday lending is public nuisance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17-8.md - 16-17-9, Special provisions for borrowers who are members of the military or their respective spouses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17-9.md - 16-17-10, Severability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-17-10.md