O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 10-1-1 (2019)

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✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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This article shall be known and may be cited as “The Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act.”

History

Ga. L. 1967, p. 659, § 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1983–2012 · leading case: Clark v. Aaron's, Inc., 914 F. Supp. 2d 1301 (N.D. Ga. 2012).

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Clark v. Aaron's, Inc., 914 F. Supp. 2d 1301 (N.D. Ga. 2012). · cites it 2× “Count X (Violation of Georgia’s Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act) In Count X, Clark alleges that Defendant violated Georgia’s Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act (“RISA”), O.C.G.A. §§ 10-1-1 to-16. Specifically, Clark alleges that the contracts…”

All Risk Ins. Agency, Inc. v. S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 355 S.E.2d 465 (Ga. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “Appellant maintains that prejudgment interest cannot be awarded on a quantum meruit recovery, and that interest at a rate of 18% violates the Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act, OCGA § 10-1-1 et seq. Interest at a rate of 18% per year on a commercial account is…”

MacK v. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins., 517 S.E.2d 839 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “As amended, her complaint alleges that she, and other members of the plaintiff class, had entered into retail installment contracts to finance purchases from Mercury, and that the interest charged and collected was at a rate in excess of the legal maximum in violation of the…”

Gold Kist, Inc. v. McNair, 303 S.E.2d 290 (Ga. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “As noted by the plaintiff in its brief, the open account payment agreement involved here is in the form set forth in The Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act (OCGA § 10-1-1 et seq. (Code Ann. § 96-901 et seq.”

Whipper v. Mclendon Movers, Inc., 372 S.E.2d 820 (Ga. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “While it is true that the General Assembly has demonstrated a concern for consumer protection through such statutory enactments as the Retail Installment and Home Sales Solicitation Act (OCGA § 10-1-1 et seq.), the Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act (OCGA § 10-1-30 et seq.”

Vikowsky v. Savannah Appliance Serv. Corp., 345 S.E.2d 621 (Ga. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 4× “OCGA § 10-1-1 et seq. The trial court granted plaintiff’s summary judgment motion.”

Acord v. Jones, 440 S.E.2d 679 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “), the Retail Installment & Home Solicitation Sales Act (OCGA § 10-1-1 et seq.), and the Industrial Loan Act (OCGA § 7-3-1), all of which, among other things, relieve consumers of the obligation to pay unearned interest when debts are paid off prior to maturity.”

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