Title 1 — General Provisions
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O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1 Enactment of Code
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The statutory portion of the codification of Georgia laws prepared by the Code Revision Commission and the Michie Company pursuant to a contract entered into on June 19, 1978, is enacted and shall have the effect of statutes enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia. The statuto…
O.C.G.A. § 1-1-10 Specific repealer; provisions saved from repeal
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(a) The following Codes, laws, and parts of laws are repealed, except as otherwise provided in this Code section: (1) The Code of Georgia of 1933, as amended; (2) All general laws enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia prior to June 1, 1981, except this Code and except as oth…
O.C.G.A. § 1-1-11 General repealer
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All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Code are repealed. 18 T.1, C.2 PERSONS AND THEIR RIGHTS 1-2-1 CHAPTER 2 PERSONS AND THEIR RIGHTS Sec. 1-2-1. 1-2-2. 1-2-3. 1-2-4. 1-2-5. 1-2-6. (Effective January 1, 2020) Classes of persons generally; ‘‘natural person’’ defined; c…
O.C.G.A. § 1-1-2 Legislative intent
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The enactment of this Code is intended as a recodification, revision, modernization, and reenactment of the general laws of the State of Georgia which are currently of force and is intended, where possible, to resolve conflicts which exist in the law and to repeal those laws whic…
O.C.G.A. § 1-1-3 Severability
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Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Code or in an Act or resolution of the General Assembly, in the event any title, chapter, article, part, subpart, Code section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Code or of any Ac…
O.C.G.A. § 1-1-4 Validating Acts
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The omission from this Code of any Acts passed prior to the adoption of this Code which validated any bonds, notes, warrants, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by any political subdivision or instrumentality of the state shall in no way operate or be constru…
O.C.G.A. § 1-1-5 Effect of adoption of Code upon rules or regulations
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Unless otherwise provided, the adoption of this Code shall not invalidate or affect any rules or regulations which were in effect on November 1, 1982, promulgated pursuant to authority given by law, and such rules and regulations shall remain in force until repealed, replaced, or…
O.C.G.A. § 1-1-7 Notes and catchlines of Code sections not part of law
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Unless otherwise provided in this Code, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the individual Code sections of this Code, except the Code section numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of the Code …
O.C.G.A. § 1-1-8 References to state law or this Code
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(a) Unless otherwise indicated in the context, references in this Code to titles, chapters, articles, parts, subparts, or Code sections shall mean titles, chapters, articles, parts, subparts, or Code sections of this Code. (b) Unless there is an expressed intention to the contrar…
O.C.G.A. § 1-1-9 Effective date of Code
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This Code shall become effective on November 1, 1982.