2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 43 - PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 40 - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS
§ 43-40-22.1 - Fidelity bond or insurance requirements for broker providing community management services

O.C.G.A. 43-40-22.1 (2010)
43-40-22.1. Fidelity bond or insurance requirements for broker providing community management services


(a) The commission may require that each broker who provides community association management services under this chapter and who collects, controls, has access to, or disburses community association funds shall at all times provide or be covered by a fidelity bond or fidelity insurance coverage protecting the community associations being managed by the broker against loss of any funds belonging to those community associations being held or controlled by the broker.

(b) The commission shall establish through its rules and regulations the criteria that such fidelity bonds or fidelity insurance, if required, must meet.

(c) Each broker providing community association management services shall maintain a copy of any mandatory fidelity bond or fidelity insurance policy and a current certificate of each such bond or insurance policy showing current coverage, shall provide a copy thereof to the community association, and shall produce a copy thereof at the reasonable request of the commission or any of its agents for their inspection.