O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 13-10-65 (2019)

Time for instituting action

✓ 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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No action can be instituted on the payment bonds or security deposits after one year from the completion of the contract and the acceptance of the public works construction by the proper public authorities. Every action instituted under this article shall be brought in the name of the claimant, without the state or the agency or authority of the state for which the work was done or was to be done being made a party thereto.

History

(Code 1981, § 13-10-65, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 820, § 1.)

Annotations

ARTICLE 2 RETENTION OF CONTRACTUAL PAYMENTS AND CREATION OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS ON CONTRACTS FOR INSTALLATION, IMPROVEMENT, MAINTENANCE, OR REPAIR OF WATER OR SEWER FACILITIES

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2010–2018 · leading case: Cagle Constr., LLC v. Travelers Indem. Co., 700 S.E.2d 658 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010).
Cagle Constr., LLC v. Travelers Indem. Co., 700 S.E.2d 658 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 4× “In August 2006, Travelers, as successor in interest to Gulf, filed this action seeking reimbursement under the terms of the GAL In April 2008, Cagle filed a motion for summary judgment, claiming the “Little Miller Act” one-year statute of limitation (OCGA § 13-10-65) was…”
Devin B. Strickland v. Arch Ins. Co. (11th Cir. 2018). · cites it 2× “” O.C.G.A. § 13-10-65. State law also determines when a diversity action commences for statute of limitations purposes.”
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