Georgia Code
Article 3 - Transportation and Storage of Freight and Livestock
Part 1 - Duties and Liabilities of Carriers Generally

§ 46-9-40. Duty of Common Carriers to Receive Goods - A person holding himself out to the public as a...

§ 46-9-41. Duty of Common Carriers to Transport and Deliver Goods Safely and Without Unreasonable Delay - A common carrier shall have the duty of transporting and...

§ 46-9-42. Effect of Strike by Carrier’s Employees on Carrier’s Duty to Transport Goods - A carrier who receives freight for shipment is bound to...

§ 46-9-43. Measure of Damages for Delay in Delivery of Goods by Carrier - If a carrier fails to deliver goods within a reasonable...

§ 46-9-44. Estoppel of Carrier to Dispute Title to Goods Delivered to Him for Shipment - A carrier may not dispute the title of the person...

§ 46-9-45. Commencement and Termination of Carrier’s Responsibility for Goods - The responsibility of a carrier shall commence with the delivery...

§ 46-9-46. Effect of Delivery to Consignee at Intermediate Point - A common carrier may recover pro rata for the actual...

§ 46-9-47. Fraud on Carrier as to Nature and Value of Goods - A carrier may require the nature and value of the...

§ 46-9-48. Adjustment and Payment by Common Carriers of Claims for Loss of Property or Overcharge for Freight; Effect of Failure by Common Carrier to Adjust and Pay Claim - Every claim for loss of or damage to property, or...

§ 46-9-49. Duty of Railroad or Transportation Company to Furnish Facilities for Weighing Freight; Measure of Damages for Overcharges Caused by Overweights or False Billing - History. Ga. L. 1889, p. 134, § 4; Civil Code...

§ 46-9-50. Weighing of Railroad Cars by Certified Public Weighers; Manner of Weighing Cars - History. Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 127, §§ 1-4; Civil Code...

§ 46-9-51. Written Application for Railroad Cars as Prerequisite for Consignors’ and Shippers’ Taking Advantage of Penalties or Forfeitures for Failure of Company to Supply Cars - Whenever a shipper or consignor requires a railroad company to...

§ 46-9-52. Unjust Discrimination in Freight-Transportation Rates by Common Carriers Generally - History. Ga. L. 1889, p. 134, § 3; Civil Code...

§ 46-9-53. Discrimination by Railroad Companies in Applying Freight-Storage Charges - In applying freight-storage charges fixed by the commission, no railroad...

§ 46-9-54. Making and Retaining Freight-Storage Charges in Accordance With Rates Fixed by Commission - No railroad company shall make or retain, either directly or...

§ 46-9-55. Remedy for Persons Charged Excessive Freight-Storage Rates or Subjected to Discrimination in Application of Freight-Storage Rates - If any railroad company violates Code Section 46-9-53 or Code...

§ 46-9-56. False Billing, False Weighing, or False Report of Weight by Common Carriers - Any common carrier of freight within the limits of this...

§ 46-9-57. False Billing or False Weighing by a Person Who Delivers Property for Transportation to a Common Carrier or for Whom, as Consignor or Consignee, Such Carrier Transports Property - Any person, including any officer or agent of any corporation,...