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Georgia
Official code of Georgia
annotated
2015 v • 5
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MERCER UNIVERSITY
AUG 06 2015
FURMAN SMITH
LAW LIBRARY
OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA
ANNOTATED
With Provision for Subsequent Pocket Parts
Prepared by
The Code Revision Commission
The Office of Legislative Counsel
and
The Editorial Staff of LexisNexis®
Published Under Authority of the State of Georgia
Volume 5
2015 Edition
Title 7. Banking and Finance
Title 8. Buildings and Housing
Including Acts of the 2015 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia
and Annotations taken from the Georgia Reports
and the Georgia Appeals Reports
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Copyright © 1982, 1989, 1997, 2004, 2015
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State of Georgia
All rights reserved.
ISBN 978-1-63283-825-4
41831-13
(Pub.41805)
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
i, Brian P. Kemp, Secretary of State of the
State of Georgia, do hereby certify that
the statutory portion of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated contained
in this volume is a true and correct copy of such materia! as enacted by
the General Assembly of Georgia; ail as same appear of file and record in
this office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, i have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office, at the Capitoi, in the City of Atlanta, this
I Oth day of July, in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and
Fifteen and of the independence of the United States of
America the Two Hundred and Fortieth.
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Brian F, Kemp, Secretary of State
(Pub.41805)
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Preface
This volume cumulates and replaces the 2004 edition of Volume 5 of
the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, as supplemented by the 2014
Cumulative Supplement. The 2004 Volume 5 and its 2014 Supplement
may be recycled or, if so desired, retained for historical purposes.
This volume contains all laws specifically codified in Titles 7 and 8 by
the General Assembly through the 2015 Session. This volume also
contains case annotations reflecting decisions posted to LexisNexis®
through April 3, 2015. These annotations will appear in the following
traditional reporter sources: Georgia Supreme Court Opinions; Georgia
Appeals Court Opinions; Southeastern Reporter, Second Series; Su¬
preme Court Reporter; Federal Reporter, Third Series; Federal Supple¬
ment, Second Series; Federal Rules Decisions; and Bankruptcy Re¬
porter. As official and traditional citations become available,
substitutions for the LexisNexis® citations will be made.
Additionally, LexisNexis® has prepared annotations and references
to Attorney General Opinions, law reviews, and other research sources
that we hope will be beneficial as you utilize this product. A complete
listing of those sources is as follows: Official and Unofficial Attorney
General Opinions; Opinions of the Judicial Qualifications Commission;
Advisory Opinions of the State Disciplinary Board of the State Bar;
Formal Advisory Opinions of the State Disciplinary Board of the State
Bar, issued by the Supreme Court of Georgia; Emory Law Journal;
Georgia Law Review; Georgia State University Law Review; John
Marshall Law Review; Mercer Law Review; Georgia State Bar Journal;
American Law Reports; American Jurisprudence 2d; American Juris¬
prudence Pleading and Practice; American Jurisprudence Proof of
Facts; American Jurisprudence Trials; Corpus Juris Secundum; and
Uniform Laws Annotated. Also included, where appropriate, are cross
references to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.
This volume retains amendment notes and effective date notes for
Acts passed during the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Sessions of the General
Assembly. In order to determine the changes which were made or the
effective date applied to a Code section by an Act passed prior to the
2013 Session of the General Assembly, the user should consult the
Georgia Laws.
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