2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 13 - CONTRACTS (§§ 13-1-1 — 13-12-5)
Chapter 8 - ILLEGAL AND VOID CONTRACTS GENERALLY (§§ 13-8-1 — 13-8-59)
Article 4 - RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS IN EMPLOYMENT AND COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS (§§ 13-8-50 — 13-8-59)
Section 13-8-58 - Enforcement by third parties

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 13-8-58 (2023)
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  • (a) A court shall not refuse to enforce a restrictive covenant on the ground that the person seeking enforcement is a third-party beneficiary of such contract or is an assignee or successor to a party to such contract.
  • (b) In determining the enforceability of a restrictive covenant, it is not a defense that the person seeking enforcement no longer continues in business in the scope of the prohibited activities that is the subject of the action to enforce the restrictive covenant if such discontinuance of business is the result of a violation of the restriction.
  • (c) A court shall enforce a restrictive covenant by any appropriate and effective remedy available at law or equity, including, but not limited to, temporary and permanent injunctions.
  • (d) In determining the reasonableness of a restrictive covenant between an employer and an employee, as such term is defined in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (5) of Code Section 13-8-51, a court may consider the economic hardship imposed upon an employee by enforcement of the covenant; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to contracts or agreements between or among those persons or entities listed in paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection (a) of Code Section 13-8-52.

Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 99,§ 4, eff. 5/11/2011.


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