GA HB399

Non-resident landlords owning single-family or duplex rental properties in Georgia must employ a licensed real estate broker, and if that broker is out-of-state, must have at least one Georgia-based employee to handle tenant communications about maintenance and property issues

Tenants must provide code enforcement officers with the name, license number, and contact information of their property manager when there is probable cause of code violations on properties managed by licensed brokers

Removes the real estate licensing exemption for full-time employees hired by property owners to provide property management services, selling, buying, leasing, or auctioning

Expands licensing exemptions to include family members of owners and officers of limited liability companies who perform property management activities on their own properties

Certain real estate licensing exemptions (paragraphs 7 and 8 of Code Section 43-40-29) no longer apply to non-resident landlords of single-family or duplex rentals in Georgia