O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 10-1-793 (2019)

Violations constitute unfair and deceptive act or practice; cumulative effect

✓ 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 violation of this article shall constitute an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the conduct of consumer transactions under Part 2 of Article 15 of this chapter, the “Fair Business Practices Act of 1975”; provided, however, that enforcement against such violations shall be by public enforcement by the Attorney General and, except as provided in subsection (a) of Code Section 10-1-790, shall not be enforceable through private action under Code Section 10-1-399. (b) Except as otherwise provided, this article is cumulative with other laws and is not exclusive. The rights and remedies provided for in this article shall be in addition to any other rights and remedies that are otherwise available to a consumer under any other law.

History

Code 1981, § 10-1-793, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 746, § 1/HB 470; Ga. L. 2009,

p. 8, § 10/SB 46; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 8/SB 148; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 10/HB 323.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2016–2022 · leading case: Cory Bender v. Southtowne Motors of Newnan II, Inc., 793 S.E.2d 618 (Ga. Ct. App. 2016).
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Cory Bender v. Southtowne Motors of Newnan II, Inc., 793 S.E.2d 618 (Ga. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “The Georgia Lemon Law’s general enforcement provisions are contained in OCGA § 10-1-793, which makes violations ofthe Georgia Lemon Law “an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the conduct of consumer transactions under .”
Dennis Henry v. Griffin Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram (Ga. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “Accord OCGA § 10-1-793 (a); Bender, 339 Ga. App.”
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