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Georgia legal documents and rules

Create documents for Georgia and check the Georgia rules behind them. Every rule below links to the statute or official source we checked.

Georgia rules at a glance

The statewide rules we verified for Georgia, last checked October 2026. Local ordinances can add to them.

Security deposit limit
2 months' rent
Deposit return deadline
30 days
Interest on deposits
Not required by state law
Notice before landlord entry
No statutory period

Georgia caps security deposits at two months' rent, requires return (or an itemized damage notice) within 30 days after move-out, and has no statute setting a notice period for landlord entry, which is governed by the lease.

Notice for unpaid rent
3 days
Notice for a lease violation
No fixed period
Ending a month-to-month tenancy
60 days

In Georgia a landlord must give a 3-business-day notice to pay or vacate before filing for nonpayment, there is no statutory cure period for other lease violations, and a landlord must give 60 days' notice to end a tenancy at will.

Notarization
Required
Witnesses
1 witness
Uniform Power of Attorney Act
Adopted (2018)

Georgia requires a power of attorney to be signed by the principal and attested in the principal's presence by one competent witness and by a notary public (or other officer listed in O.C.G.A. 44-2-15), neither of whom may be a named agent.

Notary acknowledgment
Required to record
Witnesses
2 witnesses
Transfer tax
State tax applies

A Georgia deed must be attested by an official witness (such as a notary) and one other unofficial witness, and a state real estate transfer tax of $1 per $1,000 of sale price is paid before recording.

General information, not legal advice. Laws change, and cities can add their own rules, so check the current statute before you rely on it.