TITLE 18 DEBTOR AND CREDITOR

Section 5. Debt Adjustment, 18-5-1 through 18-5-5.

ARTICLE 4 GARNISHMENT FORMS

THIRD-PARTY CLAIM Personally appeared ______________________________, who on oathsays

18-5-3. Exemption for debt adjustment by certain individuals or entities.

Nothing in this chapter shall apply to those situations involving debt adjusting incurred in the practice of law in this state.Nothing in this chapter shall apply to those persons or entities who incidentally engage in debt adjustment to adjust the indebtedness owed to said person or entity. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the following entities or their subsidiaries: the Federal National Mortgage Association; the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; a bank, bank holding company, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, credit card bank, or savings bank that is regulated and supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, or the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance; or persons as defined in Code Section 7-3-3 operating under Chapter 3 of Title 7, the "Georgia Industrial Loan Act."

(Ga. L. 1956, p. 797, § 4; Ga. L. 2003, p. 392, § 3; Ga. L. 2015, p. 5, § 18/HB 90; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 18/SB 148.)