Georgia Code
Article 3 - Dispossessory Proceedings
§ 44-7-50. Demand for Possession; Procedure Upon a Tenant’s Refusal; Concurrent Issuance of Federal Lease Termination Notice

History. Laws 1827, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 901.; Ga. L. 1853-54, p. 52, § 4; Ga. L. 1853-54, p. 55, § 1; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 268, § 1; Code 1863, § 3983; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 34, § 1; Code 1868, § 4005; Code 1873, § 4077; Code 1882, § 4077; Civil Code 1895, § 4813; Civil Code 1910, § 5385; Code 1933, § 61-301; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1228, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 892, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1446, § 9; Ga. L. 1995, p. 577, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 656, § 1.1/HB 1273; Ga. L. 2016, p. 8, § 3/SB 255; Ga. L. 2018, p. 820, § 8/SB 194.
The 2016 amendment, effective May 12, 2016, substituted “Code Section 18-4-3” for “Code Section 18-4-61, relating to garnishment affidavits” at the end of subsection (a).
The 2018 amendment, effective May 8, 2018, in subsection (a), substituted “such” for “the” throughout, substituted “when” for “where” twice in the first sentence, and deleted “, subject to the same requirements for judicial approval specified in Code Section 18-4-3” following “notary public” at the end of the last sentence.
Law reviews.
For comment on Wilensky v. Agoos, 74 Ga. App. 815 , 41 S.E.2d 565 (1947), see 10 Ga. B.J. 109 (1947).
For article, “Distress and Dispossessory Warrants in Georgia,” see 12 Ga. B.J. 266 (1950).
For article surveying real property law, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 255 (1982).
For annual survey article on real property law, see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 307 (1998).

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