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GA SB512

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/5/2012

Primary Sponsor

William Jackson

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Origin

Senate

2011-2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Changes the default trigger date for monthly rental payments at self-service storage facilities from the 10th of the month to the 5th of the month
  • Adds protections for active duty service members deployed overseas for 180 days or more, prohibiting owners from enforcing liens until 90 days after the end of the deployment
  • Replaces certified mail and statutory overnight delivery with "verified mail" as the required method for sending default and lien enforcement notices to occupants
  • Requires public sale advertisements to be published in the county legal organ rather than a newspaper of general circulation, and allows a single advertisement to cover property from multiple occupants
  • Adds new definitions for "active duty," "service member," and "verified mail," and permits owners to have motor vehicles or watercraft towed after 60 days of unpaid rent in lieu of lien foreclosure

Legislative Description

'Georgia Self-service Storage Facility Act of 2012'; definitions; change the due date for monthly rental payments

Last Action

Senate Read and Referred

3/5/2012

Committee Referrals

Regulated Industries and Utilities3/5/2012

Full Bill Text

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