Georgia Code
Article 3 - Regulation of Practice of Law
§ 15-19-60. Consumer Action for Damages for Violations

Any consumer who is a party to a one-to-four family residential real estate transaction or a consumer debtor or a trustee of a consumer debtor in a bankruptcy case that involves a one-to-four family residential real property who is damaged by a violation of this article or a violation of the Supreme Court’s rules or opinions governing the unlicensed practice of law shall be entitled to maintain a civil action to recover damages, treble damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, and expenses of litigation. A claim for a violation of this Code section shall be asserted in an individual action only and shall not be the subject of a class action under Code Section 9-11-23. This Code section shall not prevent the activities authorized by Code Section 15-19-52, 15-19-53, 15-19-54, 15-19-59, or 43-40-25.1.
History. Code 1981, § 15-19-60 , enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 550, § 1/HB 153.
Effective date. —
This Code section became effective July 1, 2015.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2015 enactment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 33 (2015).

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