2025 Code of Georgia
Title 11 - Commercial Code (Arts. 1 — 13)

Annotations

Notes

The numbering of sections for this title varies slightly from that used in other titles of the Code. In general, individual section numbers include the Georgia Code title number and the section number of the Uniform Commercial Code upon which the Code section is based.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Uniform Commercial Code was developed and enacted to establish standard business laws throughout the United States, and uniform interpretation and application of the code promotes general welfare by simplifying interstate business activity. Citizens Bank v. Ansley, 467 F. Supp. 51, 1979 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 14033 (M. D. Ga.), aff'd, 604 F.2d 669, 1979 U. S. App. LEXIS 11554 (5th Cir. 1979).

Uniform Commercial Code was designed to avoid artificial pitfalls and technicalities. Citizens Bank v. Ansley, 467 F. Supp. 51, 1979 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 14033 (M. D. Ga.), aff'd, 604 F.2d 669, 1979 U. S. App. LEXIS 11554 (5th Cir. 1979).

O. C. G. A. T. 11 and C. 3, T. 40, were adopted at the same session of the Georgia General Assembly and they relate in part to the same subject matter and must be construed in pari materia. GMAC v. Whisnant, 387 F.2d 774, 1968 U. S. App. LEXIS 8516 (5th Cir. 1968).

Though the commercial code applies to all commercial transactions in personal property in this state, some transactions are governed by laws dealing with special classes of property. Anderson v. Kensington Mtg. & Fin. Corp., 166 Ga. App. 604, 305 S. E.2d 128, 1983 Ga. App. LEXIS 2265 (1983).

This title does not purport to change law relating to instruments transferring interests in land. Newton v. Allen, 220 Ga. 681, 141 S. E.2d 417, 1965 Ga. LEXIS 605 (1965).

Writing purporting to lease trees for turpentine purposes, not merely product thereof, was lease of realty, and did not constitute a contract for sale of personalty under O. C. G. A. T. 11. Newton v. Allen, 220 Ga. 681, 141 S. E.2d 417, 1965 Ga. LEXIS 605 (1965).

Research References & Practice Aids

For article examining scheme of this title, see 24 Ga. B. J. 330 (1962).

For note discussing title and risk of loss under Uniform Commercial Code, see 26 Ga. B. J. 322 (1964).

For article, “Things Attached to Realty,” see 15 Mercer L. Rev. 343 (1964).

For article discussing Georgia commercial law in 1976 to 1977, see 29 Mercer L. Rev. 41 (1977).

For annual survey of commercial law, see 35 Mercer L. Rev. 53 (1983).

For annual survey on commercial law, see 36 Mercer L. Rev. 115 (1984).

For article surveying commercial law in 1984-1985, see 37 Mercer L. Rev. 139 (1985).

For annual survey of commercial law, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 85 (1986).

For annual survey of commercial law, see 39 Mercer L. Rev. 83 (1987).

For annual survey of commercial law, see 40 Mercer L. Rev. 91 (1988).

For survey article on commercial law, see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 107 (1990).

For annual survey article on commercial law, see 45 Mercer L. Rev. 87 (1993).

For annual survey article discussing commercial and banking law, see 49 Mercer L. Rev. 95 (1997).

For annual survey article on commercial law, see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 193 (1998).

For article, “ ‘Dear Diary’ Moments in the Semester of a UCC Law Professor,” see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 603 (1999).

For annual survey article discussing developments in commercial law, see 51 Mercer L. Rev. 165 (1999).

For article, “Commercial Law,” see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 153 (2001).

For article, “The Myth of the Sharing Economy and its Implications for Regulating Innovation,” see 67 Emory L. J. 197 (2017).

For article surveying state and local tax law, see 76 Mercer L. Rev. 363 (2024).

Excessiveness or inadequacy of attorney’s fees in matters involving commercial and general business activities, 23 A. L. R.5th 241.