Georgia Code
Article 1 - In General
§ 44-7-23. Termination of Residential Lease After Issuance of Civil or Criminal Family Violence Order or Civil or Criminal Stalking Order; Notice; Occupancy, Waiver or Modification Prohibited

History. Code 1981, § 44-7-23 , enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 969, § 2/HB 834; Ga. L. 2021, p. 513, § 1/SB 75.
Effective date. —
This Code section became effective July 1, 2018.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted “such order” for “it” in the middle of subparagraph (a)(1)(B); added paragraph (a)(2); redesignated former paragraph (a)(2) as present paragraph (a)(3); added paragraph (a)(4); in subsections (b) and (c), substituted “order, civil stalking order,” for “order or” and inserted “, or criminal stalking order” near the end; and deleted the former first sentence of subsection (e), which read: “This Code section shall apply to all residential real estate rental or lease agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2018, and to any renewals, modifications, or extensions of such agreements in effect on such date.” See Editor’s notes for applicability.
Cross references.
Offense of violating family violence order, § 16-5-95 .
Family violence, T. 19, C. 13.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2021, p. 513, § 2/SB 75, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall apply to all residential real estate rental or lease agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2021, and to any renewals, modifications, or extensions of such agreements entered into on or after such date.”
Law reviews.
For article on the 2018 enactment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 155 (2018).
For annual survey on real property law, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 209 (2018).

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