GA Code § 1-3-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 3 - Laws and Statutes|§ 1-3-7. Abrogation of Laws by Agreement; Waiver or Renunciation of Benefits Established by Law

 Laws made for the preservation of public order or good morals may not be dispensed with or abrogated by any agreement. However, a person may waive or renounce what the law has established in his favor when he does not thereby injure others or affect the public interest.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 11; Code 1868, § 10; Code 1873, § 10; Code 1882, § 10; Civil Code 1895, § 10; Penal Code 1895, § 5; Civil Code 1910, § 10; Penal Code 1910, § 5; Code 1933, § 102-106.)   Law reviews.   - For note, "The Scope and Meaning of Waiver in Section 2-209 of the Uniform Commercial Code," see 5 Ga. L. Rev. 783 (1971). For comment on Ware v. State, 128 Ga. App. 407, 196 S.E.2d 896 (1973), discussing the right of an accused to retract guilty plea prior to judgment, see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 469 (1974). For comment, "Eleventh Circuit Survey: January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013: Comment: Confirming the Enforceability of the Guaranty Agreement After Non-Judicial Foreclosure in Georgia," see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 1167 (2014).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Abrogation of Laws   Waiver of Benefits    OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Person may not waive coverage under Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund.   - It is the intention of the General Assembly that any person whose office is within the ambit of the statutory provisions, creating and governing the Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund, shall participate in this retirement system commencing with the time provided in the provisions and continuing until one ceases to hold the position or office covered by the fund; such a person may not waive or renounce such coverage. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-475.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 17A Am. Jur. 2d, Contracts, § 247 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 17 C.J.S., Contracts, § 212.   ALR.    - Waiver of benefit of statute or rule by which allegation in pleading of execution or of consideration of written instrument must be taken as true unless met by verified denial, 67 A.L.R. 1283.    Stipulation of parties as to the law, 92 A.L.R. 663.    Waiver of statutory right to minimum wage or benefit of regulation as to hours of labor, 102 A.L.R. 842; 129 A.L.R. 1145.    Right of employee of public contractor to maintain action against latter based upon statutory obligation as to rate of wages or upon provisions in that regard in the contract between contractor and the public, 144 A.L.R. 1035.    Agreement by a member or members of a class for whose protection a bond is required by statute, to indemnify surety, as contrary to public policy, 154 A.L.R. 838.    Acceptance by building or construction contractor of payments under his contract as a waiver of right of action upon implied warranty as to conditions affecting cost, 173 A.L.R. 308.    Estoppel to assert invalidity of decree of divorce for lack of domicile at the divorce forum or failure to obtain jurisdictions of person, 175 A.L.R. 538.   Validity of contractual stipulation or provision waiving debtor's exemption, 94 A.L.R.2d 967.   Validity, in contract for installment sale of consumer goods, or commercial paper given in connection therewith, of provision waiving, as against assignee, defenses good against seller, 39 A.L.R.3d 518.   Validity of exculpatory clause in lease exempting lessor from liability, 49 A.L.R.3d 321.   Right of accused, in state criminal trial, to insist, over prosecutor's or court's objection, on trial by court without jury, 37 A.L.R.4th 304.