2021 Georgia Code
Title 44 - Property
Chapter 7 - Landlord and Tenant
Article 2 - Security Deposits
§ 44-7-37. Liability for Rent of Military Personnel Receiving Change of Duty Orders
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a person is on active duty with the United States military and enters into a residential lease of property for occupancy by that person or that person's immediate family and subsequently receives permanent change of station orders or temporary duty orders for a period in excess of three months, any liability of the person for rent under the lease may not exceed:
- Thirty days' rent after written notice and proof of the assignment are given to the landlord; and
- The cost of repairing damage to the premises caused by an act or omission of the tenant.
(Code 1981, §44-7-37, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1829, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 44; Ga. L. 1991, p. 360, § 1.)
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 1990, p. 1829, § 2 provides that this Code section shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval and shall apply to all leases of residential property entered into on or after the effective date of this Code section. This Code section became effective April 16, 1990.
