O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 33-33-6 (2019)

Liability for inspections and statements

✓ 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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There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, insurers, any inspection bureau, placement facility, or underwriting association, or their directors, agents, or employees, or the Commissioner or his or her authorized representatives for any inspections undertaken or statements made by any of them concerning the property to be insured; and any reports and communications in connection therewith shall not be considered public documents.

History

Ga. L. 1970, p. 282, § 6; Ga. L. 1975, p. 22, § 6; Code 1981, § 33-33-9 [repealed]; Code 1981, § 33-33-6, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1995, p. 629, § 1.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 1995, p. 629, § 1, repealed former Code Section 33-33-6, relating to deposit of assessments

received from insurers in fund, and redesignated former Code Section 33-33-9 as Code Section 33-33-6, effective April 18, 1995. Former Code Section 33-33-6 was based on Ga. L. 1970, p. 282, § 9; Ga. L. 1975, p. 22, § 9.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Application to uninsurable property. - This Code section deals with property of prospective insureds which, because of the property’s geographical lo-

cation in high risk urban areas, is considered uninsurable. Pennsylvania Millers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Thomas Milling Co., 137 Ga. App. 430, 224 S.E.2d 55 (1976).

Application to high risk property. - Privileged inspections, statements, records, and communications contemplated by this Code section are limited to high risk property within the meaning of the Urban Property Protection and Reinsur-

ance Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C. § 1749bbb et seq., and are sui generis. Pennsylvania Millers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Thomas Milling Co., 137 Ga. App. 430, 224 S.E.2d 55 (1976).