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2018 Georgia Code 44-7-4 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 44-7-4 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 44-7-4

TITLE 44 PROPERTY

Section 7. Landlord and Tenant, 44-7-1 through 44-7-119.

ARTICLE 1 IN GENERAL

44-7-4. Local ordinances relating to security of premises occupied by tenants; cumulative effect of this Code section.

  1. Municipalities and counties may establish by local ordinance minimum security standards not in conflict with applicable fire codes to prevent the unauthorized entry of premises occupied by a tenant as a dwelling place and may require landlords to comply with such standards.
  2. This Code section shall be cumulative to and shall not prohibit the enactment of other general and local laws, rules and regulations of state or local agencies, and local ordinances on this subject.

(Code 1933, § 61-102.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1372, § 3.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 62 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 104 et seq.

ALR.

- Landlord's liability for failure to protect tenant from criminal activities of third person, 43 A.L.R.5th 207.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 44-7-4

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Efficiency Lodge, Inc. v. Neason, 889 S.E.2d 789 (Ga. 2023).

Cited 10 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 21, 2023 | 316 Ga. 551

...when it becomes due,” the landlord may make a demand for posses- sion, OCGA § 44-7-50 (a), and if the tenant does not deliver posses- sion, the landlord may seek a writ of possession in superior court. 3 OCGA § 44-7-49 et seq....
...of “Innkeeper and Guest,” but they also expressly contemplated evic- tion actions in court, which is a thing landlords must do to evict ten- ants. See Efficiency Lodge, Inc. v. Neason, 363 Ga. App. 19, 23 (1) (a) (870 SE2d 549) (2022); OCGA § 44-7-49 et seq....
...and the tenant’s rights—when a tenant fails to pay rent or stays past a specified rental term. That remedy is to go to court and get a writ of possession, which author- izes the landlord to have the tenant evicted by lawful means. See OCGA §§ 44-7-49; 44-7-50; 44-7-55....
..., for the use or rental of real property as a dwelling place, a landlord or a tenant may not waive, assign, transfer, or otherwise avoid any of the rights, duties, or remedies” enumerated in other parts of the Code) (emphasis sup- plied); OCGA § 44-7-4 (a) (allowing municipalities to establish secu- rity standards “to prevent the unauthorized entry of premises occu- pied by a tenant as a dwelling place”) (emphasis supplied)....