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V19 9o°6!>0ooo; 0 o o o © o 0 KFG30 1981 .A24 Georgia Official code of Georgia annotated 2016 v.30 MfcRCER UNIVERSITY AUG 0 2 2016 FiU.RMAN SMITH LAW LIBRARY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Public.Resource.Org https://archive.org/details/officialcodeofge30stat OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED With Provision for Subsequent Pocket Parts Prepared by The Code Revision Commission The Office of Legislative Counsel and The Editorial Staff of LexisNexis® Published Under Authority of the State of Georgia Volume 30 2016 Edition Title 43. Professions and Businesses (Chapters 1 through 32) Including Acts of the 2016 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia and Annotations taken from the Georgia Reports and the Georgia Appeals Reports LexisNexis® Charlottesville, Virgmifo!ERCER UNIVERSITY 2016 AUG 0 2 2016 FURMAN SMITH LAW LIBRARY I •> Copyright © 1984, 1988, 1994, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2016 BY The State of Georgia All rights reserved. ISBN 978-1-5221-0000-3 41933-17 (Pub. 41805) OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE the statutory portion of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated contained in this volume is a true and correct copy of such material as enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia; all as same appear of file and record in this office. '■"'"'""IN TESTIMON Y WHEREOF. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the sea! of my office, at the Capitol, in the City of Atlanta, this 30th day of June, in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Sixteen and of the Independence of the United States of America the Two Hundred and Fortieth, Brian P. Kemp, Secretary of State Preface This volume and Volume 30A together cumulate and replace the 2011 edition of Volume 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, as supplemented by the 2015 Cumulative Supplement. The 2011 Volume 30 and its 2015 Supplement may be recycled or, if so desired retained for historical purposes. This volume contains all laws specifically codified in Title 43, Chap¬ ters 1 through 32, by the General Assembly through the 2016 Session. This volume also contains case annotations reflecting decisions posted to LexisNexis® through May 6, 2016. These annotations will appear in the following traditional reporter sources: Georgia Supreme Court Opinions; Georgia Appeals Court Opinions; Southeastern Reporter, Second Series; Supreme Court Reporter; Federal Reporter, Third Se¬ ries; Federal Supplement, Second Series; Federal Rules Decisions; and Bankruptcy Reporter. As official and traditional citations become avail¬ able, substitutions for the LexisNexis® citations will be made. Additionally, LexisNexis® has prepared annotations and references to Attorney General Opinions, law reviews, and other research sources that we hope will be beneficial as you utilize this product. A complete listing of those sources is as follows: Official and Unofficial Attorney General Opinions; Opinions of the Judicial Qualifications Commission; Advisory Opinions of the State Disciplinary Board of the State Bar; Formal Advisory Opinions of the State Disciplinary Board of the State Bar, issued by the Supreme Court of Georgia; Emory Law Journal; Georgia Law Review; Georgia State University Law Review; John Marshall Law Review; Mercer Law Review; Georgia State Bar Journal; American Law Reports; American Jurisprudence 2d; American Juris¬ prudence Pleading and Practice; American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts; American Jurisprudence Trials; Corpus Juris Secundum; and Uniform Laws Annotated. Also included, where appropriate, are cross references to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. This volume retains amendment notes and effective date notes for Acts passed during the 2014, 2015, and 2016 Sessions of the General Assembly. In order to determine the changes which were made or the effective date applied to a Code section by an Act passed prior to the 2014 Session of the General Assembly, the user should consult the Georgia Laws. Visit our website at http://www.lexis.com for an online bookstore, technical support, customer service, and other company information. If you have questions or suggestions concerning the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, please write or call toll free at 1-800-833-9844, fax at 1-518-487-3584, or email us at [email protected]. Direct written inquiries to: v LexisNexis® Attn: Official Code of Georgia Annotated 701 East Water Street Charlottesville, Virginia 22906-5389 vi