O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 10-1-685 (2019)
Purchase of insurance; early termination or return of items; late fees
✓ 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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(a) A lessor shall not require the purchase of insurance by the lessee from the lessor of a leased item. (b) A lessor shall not impose a penalty for early termination of a lease-purchase agreement or for the return of an item at any point. (c) A lessor shall not impose a fee for in-home collection of a payment
unless the lessee has expressly agreed to the fee and the amount of the fee is disclosed. (d) A lessor shall not impose a fee for picking up rental property should the lessee choose to terminate the lease. (e) A lessor shall not impose a fee for making a late payment except the charge for reinstatement as established in Code Section 10-1-686.
History
Code 1981, § 10-1-685, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1341, § 1.