O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 33-6-30 (2019)

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✓ 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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This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act.’’

History

Code 1981, § 33-6-30, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3048, § 9.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1996–2026 · leading case: McCowan v. Progressive Preferred Ins., 618 S.E.2d 139 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005).

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McCowan v. Progressive Preferred Ins., 618 S.E.2d 139 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 8× “Although I concur fully in Division 6 of the majority opinion that no private cause of action arises from violations of the Georgia Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act, OCGA § 33-6-30 et seq., and concur in the judgment only as to the disposition of Case No.”

Owens v. Georgia Underwriting Ass'n, 476 S.E.2d 810 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “The case sub judice falls outside the ambit of the Unfair Claims Act, OCGA §§ 33-6-30; 33-6-37. The trial court properly calculated that the sum due appellant under the policy was $12,696.”

Donaldson (M.D. Ga. 2026). · cites it 2× “§ 33-6-34, the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act, O.C.G.A. §§ 33-6-30, et seq. (Id. ¶ 32(1)–(8)).”

David L. Williams & Chong Ku Williams v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. (M.D. Ga. 2026). · cites it 2× “§ 33-6-34, the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act, O.C.G.A. §§ 33-6-30, et seq. (Id. ¶ 32(1)–(8)).”

Valles v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. (N.D. Ga. 2021). “§ 33-6-30; (3) unfair business practices under O.”

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