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O.C.G.A. § 15-19-60 (2019)

Consumer action for damages for violations

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Any consumer who is a party to a one-to-four family residential real estate transaction or a consumer debtor or a trustee of a consumer debtor in a bankruptcy case that involves a one-to-four family residential real property who is damaged by a violation of this article or a violation of the Supreme Court's rules or opinions governing the unlicensed practice of law shall be entitled to maintain a civil action to recover damages, treble damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and expenses of litigation. A claim for a violation of this Code section shall be asserted in an individual action only and shall not be the subject of a class action under Code Section 9-11-23. This Code section shall not prevent the activities authorized by Code Section 15-19-52, 15-19-53, 15-19-54, 15-19-59, or 43-40-25.1.

History

(Code 1981, § 15-19-60, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 550, § 1/HB 153.)

Annotations

Effective date. - This Code section became effective July 1, 2015.

Law reviews. - For article on the 2015 enactment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 33 (2015).

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CHAPTER 20 LAW SCHOOL LEGAL AID AGENCIES

Sec.

15-20-1. Short title.

15-20-2. Declaration of purpose.

15-20-3. Definitions.

15-20-4. Application to establish legal aid agency; separate application for each county.

15-20-5. Showing required.

15-20-6. Entry of order; continuing jurisdiction of superior court judge.

15-20-7. Malpractice insurance.

15-20-8. Participants in legal aid; certification by dean; oath.

15-20-9. Filing of dean's certificate; duration of authority to practice legal aid; termination of authority.

Cross references. - Use of third-year law students and law school staff instructors as legal assistants in criminal proceedings, § 15-18-22.

Law reviews. - For article, "See One, Do One, Teach One: Dissecting the Use of Medical Education's Signature Pedagogy in the Law School Curriculum," see 26 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 361 (2010). For article, "Class Warfare: The Disappearance of Low-Income Litigants from the Civil Docket," see 65 Emory L.J. 1531 (2016).