TITLE 10 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
- CHAPTER 1 - SELLING AND OTHER TRADE PRACTICES
- ARTICLE 1 - RETAIL INSTALLMENT AND HOME SOLICITATION SALES
- ARTICLE 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FINANCING
- ARTICLE 3 - UNSOLICITED MERCHANDISE
- ARTICLE 4 - FURNISHING NAMES OF PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS
- ARTICLE 5 - LABELING REMANUFACTURED OR REBUILT ITEMS
- ARTICLE 6 - INTERSTATE PURCHASE OF RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS
- ARTICLE 7 - SALE OF PAINTS AND FLAXSEED OR LINSEED OIL
- ARTICLE 8 - SALE OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, BRAKE FLUID, AND ANTIFREEZE
- ARTICLE 9 - GASOLINE MARKETING PRACTICES
- ARTICLE 9A - BELOW COST SALES
- ARTICLE 10 - SALE AND STORAGE OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
- ARTICLE 11 - BIDDING BY MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITORS
- ARTICLE 12 - TICKET SCALPING
- ARTICLE 13 - BOOK, PERIODICAL, OR NEWSPAPER TIE-IN SALES
- ARTICLE 14 - SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS
- ARTICLE 14A - FLEA MARKET VENDORS' RECORD KEEPING
- ARTICLE 15 - DECEPTIVE OR UNFAIR PRACTICES
- ARTICLE 16 - TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS, AND TRADE NAMES
- ARTICLE 17 - RIGHTS IN WORKS OF FINE ART
- ARTICLE 17A - CONSIGNMENT OF ART
- ARTICLE 17B - GEORGIA MUSEUM PROPERTY
- ARTICLE 18 - AUCTIONEERS
- ARTICLE 19 - SUNDAY MOTION PICTURE SHOWS AND ATHLETIC EVENTS
- ARTICLE 20 - COMMON DAY OF REST
- ARTICLE 21 - BUYING SERVICES
- ARTICLE 22 - MOTOR VEHICLE FRANCHISE PRACTICES
- ARTICLE 22A - MARINE MANUFACTURERS
- ARTICLE 22B - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE DEALERS
- ARTICLE 23 - LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
- ARTICLE 24 - WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION BY OUT-OF-STATE PRINCIPAL
- ARTICLE 25 - RETAIL PETROLEUM PRODUCT DEALERS
- ARTICLE 26 - MULTILINE HEAVY EQUIPMENT DEALERS
- ARTICLE 27 - TRADE SECRETS
- ARTICLE 28 - GEORGIA LEMON LAW
- ARTICLE 29 - FARM TRACTOR WARRANTY ACT
- ARTICLE 30 - BEAUTY PAGEANTS
- ARTICLE 31 - UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE PRACTICES TOWARD THE ELDERLY
- ARTICLE 32 - ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY WARRANTIES
- ARTICLE 33 - MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR WARRANTIES
- ARTICLE 34 - IDENTITY THEFT
- CHAPTER 2 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
- CHAPTER 3 - NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF DEBT
- § 10-3-1 - Transfer of secured note carries security
- § 10-3-2 - Endorser sued with maker, drawer, or acceptor
- § 10-3-3 - Certain notes or contracts for patent rights, copyrights, or proprietary rights -- Consideration to be stated
- § 10-3-4 - Certain notes or contracts for patent rights, copyrights, or proprietary rights; purchaser takes subject to equities
- § 10-3-5 - Certain notes or contracts for patent rights, copyrights, or proprietary rights -- Penalty for violation of Code Section 10-3-3
- CHAPTER 4 - WAREHOUSEMEN
- CHAPTER 5 - GEORGIA UNIFORM SECURITIES
- CHAPTER 5A - COMMODITIES AND COMMODITY CONTRACTS AND OPTIONS
- CHAPTER 5B - DECEPTIVE, FRAUDULENT, OR ABUSIVE TELEMARKETING
- § 10-5B-1 - Legislative findings and intent
- § 10-5B-2 - Definitions
- § 10-5B-3 - Rules to prohibit deceptive, fraudulent, or abusive telemarketing activities authorized
- § 10-5B-4 - Required and prohibited telephone conduct and activities; liability
- § 10-5B-5 - Applicability to persons subject to other provisions of the Code
- § 10-5B-6 - Criminal and civil penalties; right to punish under other laws not limited
- § 10-5B-7 - Remedies, duties, prohibitions, and penalties not exclusive; construction with other provisions of the Code
- § 10-5B-8 - When offer to sell or buy is made in state
- CHAPTER 6 - AGENCY
- ARTICLE 1 - CREATION AND NATURE OF RELATIONSHIP
- ARTICLE 2 - RELATIONS BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND AGENT
- ARTICLE 3 - RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF PRINCIPAL TO THIRD PERSONS
- ARTICLE 4 - RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF AGENT AS TO THIRD PERSONS
- ARTICLE 5 - AGENTS RECEIVING MONEYS FOR THIRD PERSONS
- ARTICLE 6 - OVERSEERS
- ARTICLE 7 - FINANCIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
- CHAPTER 6A - BROKERAGE RELATIONSHIPS IN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
- § 10-6A-1 - Short title
- § 10-6A-10 - Duties of brokers prior to entering into brokerage engagement relationships
- § 10-6A-11 - Creation of relationship not determined by payment or promise of compensation
- § 10-6A-12 - Broker acting as dual agent
- § 10-6A-13 - Exclusive representation; company policies; actual knowledge; confidentiality
- § 10-6A-14 - Ministerial acts explained; required actions of transaction brokers; false information
- § 10-6A-15 - Affiliation with common source information company
- § 10-6A-2 - Legislative findings, determinations, and declarations; chapter as basis for private rights of actions and defenses
- § 10-6A-3 - Definitions
- § 10-6A-4 - Broker's legal relationship to customers or clients
- § 10-6A-5 - Duties and responsibilities of broker engaged by seller
- § 10-6A-6 - Duties of broker engaged by landlord
- § 10-6A-7 - Duties of broker engaged by buyer
- § 10-6A-8 - Duties of broker engaged by tenant
- § 10-6A-9 - Duration of relationships between brokers and clients
- CHAPTER 7 - SURETYSHIP
- CHAPTER 8 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
- CHAPTER 9 - GEO. L. SMITH II GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER
- CHAPTER 10 - SEED-CAPITAL FUND
- § 10-10-1 - Definitions
- § 10-10-2 - Creation of Seed-Capital Fund
- § 10-10-3 - Moneys in the fund to be handled in accordance with policies authorized by the board
- § 10-10-4 - Investing of funds with investment entities
- § 10-10-5 - Transfer of funds for making loans
- § 10-10-6 - Distribution to be deposited in the fund
- § 10-10-7 - Publishing of annual report by center
- CHAPTER 11 - BUSINESS RECORDS
- CHAPTER 12 - ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS
- § 10-12-1 - Short title
- § 10-12-10 - Rules applicable when change or error in electronic record occurs
- § 10-12-11 - Satisfaction of notarization, acknowledgement, verification or oath requirement
- § 10-12-12 - Retention of electronic records
- § 10-12-13 - Record or signature evidence not to be excluded solely on the basis of electronic format
- § 10-12-14 - Rules for automated transactions
- § 10-12-15 - Sending and receipt of electronic records
- § 10-12-16 - Transferable records
- § 10-12-17 - Agency creation and retention of electronic records; conversion of written records to electronic records
- § 10-12-18 - Each government agency to determine extent of electronic record utilization; specifications for use
- § 10-12-19 - Standards
- § 10-12-2 - Definitions
- § 10-12-20 - Chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
- § 10-12-3 - Applicability to electronic records and signatures relating to a transaction
- § 10-12-4 - Applicability to electronic records and signatures created on or after July 1, 2009
- § 10-12-5 - Chapter does not create requirement for electronic transactions; determination as to whether parties intend to conduct electronic transactions
- § 10-12-6 - Construction and applicability
- § 10-12-7 - Legal effect of electronic records or signatures
- § 10-12-8 - Ability to retain, store, and print electronic records; requirements for posting and display of records; variation by agreement
- § 10-12-9 - Attributing electronic record or signature to particular person; effect of attributing electronic record or signature to a person
- CHAPTER 13 - TOBACCO PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS
- CHAPTER 13A - MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ENHANCEMENTS
- § 10-13A-1 - Legislative findings
- § 10-13A-2 - Definitions
- § 10-13A-3 - Certification of compliance with Master Settlement Agreement; requirements; retention of documentation of sales
- § 10-13A-4 - Directory available via Internet; requirements for inclusion and maintenance; e-mail requirement for distributor
- § 10-13A-5 - Prohibition against affixing tax stamp to manufacturer or brand not included in directory
- § 10-13A-6 - Agents of nonresident or foreign nonparticipating manufacturers; directory updating; refunds upon removal from directory
- § 10-13A-7 - Documentation to be supplied by distributor; cooperation between commissioner and Attorney General; promulgation of regulations
- § 10-13A-8 - Suspension of distributor's license; other available remedies
- § 10-13A-9 - Review of Attorney General's decision on removal from directory; certification of full compliance required; recovery of costs; conflicts with the Master Settlement Agreement
- CHAPTER 14 - CEMETERY AND FUNERAL SERVICES
- § 10-14-1 - Short title
- § 10-14-10 - Minimum acreage for cemeteries; exceptions
- § 10-14-11 - Stop order suspending or revoking a registration; denial or refusal of application for registration; penalties
- § 10-14-12 - Separate accounts and records; agreement form approval; owner acting as trustee; bond; removal of trustee or escrow agent; allocation of funds; financial reports
- § 10-14-13 - Venue for civil or criminal actions
- § 10-14-14 - Administration of chapter; rules and regulations
- § 10-14-15 - Investigations by Secretary of State; subpoenas; hearings
- § 10-14-16 - Cemetery rules and regulations; service charges
- § 10-14-17 - Enumeration of prohibited acts; fees
- § 10-14-18 - Duties of registrant; written contract
- § 10-14-19 - Enforcement of article; civil penalties
- § 10-14-2 - Regulation of preneed dealers, registrants, and cemetery companies; licenses
- § 10-14-20 - Criminal penalties
- § 10-14-21 - Purchaser's remedy for violations
- § 10-14-22 - Judicial appeal of order of Secretary of State
- § 10-14-23 - Administrative appeal of order of Secretary of State
- § 10-14-24 - Effect of consent to service of process
- § 10-14-25 - Waiver of rights or defenses in cemetery purchase agreements void
- § 10-14-26 - Secretary of State immune from liability
- § 10-14-27 - Evidence in civil or criminal actions under article
- § 10-14-28 - Actions pending under prior law
- § 10-14-29 - Construction regulations; preconstruction trust funds
- § 10-14-3 - Definitions
- § 10-14-3.1 - Authority of board
- § 10-14-30 - Adoption of minimum standards by Secretary of State
- § 10-14-4 - Registration of dealers and cemeteries; perpetual care cemeteries trust funds; nonperpetual care cemeteries; preneed escrow accounts
- § 10-14-5 - Preneed sales agents; contracts; retention of employee data
- § 10-14-6 - Irrevocable trust fund
- § 10-14-7 - Preneed escrow accounts
- § 10-14-8 - Prohibition of certain persons from employment; notice and hearing; emergency orders
- § 10-14-9 - Amendment of registration application; state audit of records; change of ownership
- CHAPTER 15 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
- § 10-15-1 - Definitions
- § 10-15-2 - Disposal of business records containing personal information
- § 10-15-3 - Handling of receipts for credit card transactions
- § 10-15-4 - Prohibited activities involving magnetic strip or stripe on payment card
- § 10-15-5 - Enforcement; investigation of violations
- § 10-15-6 - Penalty; hearing; effect of judgment
- § 10-15-7 - Penalty; authority to prosecute