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GA Code § 10-6B-51 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 6B - Georgia Power of Attorney|Article 2 - Authority of Agent|§ 10-6B-51. Claims and Litigation

 Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to claims and litigation shall authorize the agent to:    Assert and maintain before a court or administrative agency a claim, claim for relief, cause of action, counterclaim, offset, recoupment, or defense, including an action to recover property or any other thing of value, recover damages sustained by the principal, eliminate or modify tax liability, or seek an injunction, specific performance, or other relief;   Bring an action to determine adverse claims or intervene or otherwise participate in litigation;   Seek an attachment, garnishment, order of arrest, or other preliminary, provisional, or intermediate relief and use an available procedure to effect or satisfy a judgment, order, or decree;   Make or accept a tender, offer of judgment, or admission of facts, submit a controversy on an agreed statement of facts, consent to examination, and bind the principal in litigation;   Submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, and propose or accept a compromise;   Waive the issuance and service of process upon the principal, accept service of process, appear for the principal, designate persons upon which process directed to the principal may be served, execute and file or deliver stipulations on the principal's behalf, verify pleadings, seek appellate review, procure and give surety and indemnity bonds, contract and pay for the preparation and printing of records and briefs, receive, execute, and file or deliver a consent, waiver, release, confession of judgment, satisfaction of judgment, notice, agreement, or other instrument in connection with the prosecution, settlement, or defense of a claim or litigation;   Act for the principal with respect to bankruptcy or insolvency, whether voluntary or involuntary, concerning the principal or some other person, or with respect to a reorganization, receivership, or application for the appointment of a receiver or trustee which affects an interest of the principal in property or any other thing of value;   Pay a judgment, award, or order against the principal or a settlement made in connection with a claim or litigation; and   Receive money or any other thing of value paid in settlement of or as proceeds of a claim or litigation.     (Code 1981, §10-6B-51, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221.)
GA Code § 10-6B-53 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 6B - Georgia Power of Attorney|Article 2 - Authority of Agent|§ 10-6B-53. Benefits From Governmental Programs or Civil or Military Service

  As used in this Code section, the term "benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service" means any benefit, program, or assistance provided under a law or regulation, including Social Security, medicare, and Medicaid.   Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service shall authorize the agent to:   Execute vouchers in the name of the principal for allowances and reimbursements payable by the United States or a foreign government or by a state or political subdivision of a state to the principal, including allowances and reimbursements for transportation of the individuals described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 10-6B-52, and for shipment of their household effects;   Take possession and order the removal and shipment of property of the principal from a post, warehouse, depot, dock, or other place of storage or safekeeping, either governmental or private, and execute and deliver a release, voucher, receipt, bill of lading, shipping ticket, certificate, or other instrument for such purpose;   Enroll in, apply for, select, reject, change, amend, or discontinue, on the principal's behalf, a benefit or program;   Prepare, file, and maintain a claim of the principal for a benefit or assistance, financial or otherwise, to which such principal may be entitled under a law or regulation;   Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, or propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation concerning any benefit or assistance the principal may be entitled to receive under a law or regulation; and   Receive the financial proceeds of a claim described in paragraph (4) of this subsection and conserve, invest, disburse, or use for a lawful purpose anything so received.       (Code 1981, §10-6B-53, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221.)
GA Code § 10-6B-54 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 6B - Georgia Power of Attorney|Article 2 - Authority of Agent|§ 10-6B-54. Retirement Plans

  As used in this Code section, the term "retirement plan" means a plan or account created by an employer, the principal, or another individual to provide retirement benefits or deferred compensation of which such principal is a participant, beneficiary, or owner, including a plan or account under the following sections of the Internal Revenue Code:   An individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code Section 408, 26 U.S.C. Section 408, in effect on February 1, 2018;   A Roth individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code Section 408A, 26 U.S.C. Section 408A, in effect on February 1, 2018;   A deemed individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code Section 408(q), 26 U.S.C. Section 408(q), in effect on February 1, 2018;   An annuity or mutual fund custodial account under Internal Revenue Code Section 403(b), 26 U.S.C. Section 403(b), in effect on February 1, 2018;   A pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or other retirement plan qualified under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a), 26 U.S.C. Section 401(a), in effect on February 1, 2018;   A plan under Internal Revenue Code Section 457(b), 26 U.S.C. Section 457(b), in effect on February 1, 2018; and   A nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A, 26 U.S.C. Section 409A, in effect on February 1, 2018.     Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to retirement plans shall authorize the agent to:   Select the form and timing of payments under a retirement plan and withdraw benefits from a plan;   Make a rollover, including a direct trustee-to-trustee rollover, of benefits from one retirement plan to another;   Establish a retirement plan in the principal's name;   Make contributions to a retirement plan;   Exercise investment powers available under a retirement plan; and   Borrow from, sell assets to, or purchase assets from a retirement plan.       (Code 1981, §10-6B-54, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221; Ga. L. 2018, p. 520, § 22/HB 897.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, substituted "February 1, 2018" for "February 1, 2017" in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(7).
GA Code § 10-6B-55 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 6B - Georgia Power of Attorney|Article 2 - Authority of Agent|§ 10-6B-55. Taxes

 Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to taxes shall authorize the agent to:    Prepare, sign, and file federal, state, local, and foreign income, gift, payroll, property, Federal Insurance Contributions Act, and other tax returns, claims for refunds, requests for extension of time, petitions regarding tax matters, and any other tax-related documents, including receipts, offers, waivers, consents, including consents and agreements under Internal Revenue Code Section 2032A, 26 U.S.C. Section 2032A, in effect on February 1, 2018, closing agreements, and any power of attorney required by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority with respect to a tax year upon which the statute of limitations has not run and the following 25 tax years;   Pay taxes due, collect refunds, post bonds, receive confidential information, and contest deficiencies determined by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority;   Exercise any election available to the principal under federal, state, local, or foreign tax law; and   Act for the principal in all tax matters for all periods before the Internal Revenue Service, or other taxing authority.     (Code 1981, §10-6B-55, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221; Ga. L. 2018, p. 520, § 22/HB 897.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, substituted "February 1, 2018" for "February 1, 2017" in the middle of paragraph (1).
GA Code § 10-6B-71 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 6B - Georgia Power of Attorney|Article 3 - Statutory Forms|§ 10-6B-71. Optional Form for Agent Certification of Facts

 The following optional form may be used by an agent to certify facts concerning a power of attorney.
GA Code § 10-6B-80 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 6B - Georgia Power of Attorney|Article 4 - Other Statutory Provisions|§ 10-6B-80. Construction With Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

 This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but shall not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b).    (Code 1981, §10-6B-80, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221.)
GA Code § 10-6B-81 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 6B - Georgia Power of Attorney|Article 4 - Other Statutory Provisions|§ 10-6B-81. Application of Chapter 6b

  Code Section 10-6B-19 shall apply retroactively to powers of attorney created before July 1, 2018. The remainder of this chapter shall not apply to a power of attorney executed before July 1, 2017.   When Code Section 10-6B-3 applies to a power of attorney, Chapter 6 of this title shall not apply to such power of attorney.   When, other than Code Section 10-6B-19, this chapter does not apply to a power of attorney:   It shall not affect the application of Chapter 6 of this title; and   The former provisions of Article 7 of Chapter 6 of this title, as such existed on June 30, 2017, shall remain applicable.       (Code 1981, §10-6B-81, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221; Ga. L. 2018, p. 520, § 21/HB 897.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "Chapter 6 of this title shall not apply to a power of attorney created pursuant to this chapter."
GA Code § 10-7-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 7 - Suretyship|Article 1 - Contract of Suretyship|§ 10-7-2. Nature of Obligation of Surety

 The obligation of the surety is accessory to that of his principal; and, if the latter from any cause becomes extinct, the former shall cease of course, even though it is in judgment. If, however, the original contract of the principal was invalid from a disability to contract and this disability was known to the surety, he shall still be bound.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2126; Code 1868, § 2121; Code 1873, § 2149; Code 1882, § 2149; Civil Code 1895, § 2967; Civil Code 1910, § 3539; Code 1933, § 103-102.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 74 Am. Jur. 2d, Suretyship, §§ 1 et seq., 18 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 72 C.J.S., Principal and Surety, §§ 18, 19.   ALR.    - Agreement by principal to pay compound or additional interest, as releasing surety, 2 A.L.R. 1569.    Right of surety to avoid contract for fraud on principal, 3 A.L.R. 868.    Right to judgment against surety where action fails against principal, 5 A.L.R. 594.    Incapacity of principal to contract as affecting liability of guarantor or surety, 24 A.L.R. 838; 43 A.L.R. 589.    Right of obligee in surety bond to fill blank as to amount, 37 A.L.R. 1395; 48 A.L.R. 741.    Taking of demand note in renewal as releasing surety or endorser, 48 A.L.R. 1222.    Ignorance or mistake as to character of instrument signed as affecting liability of surety or guarantor, 66 A.L.R. 312.    Right to contribution or indemnity of executor, administrator, guardian, testamentary trustee, or sureties against a cofiduciary or sureties, in respect of losses or defaults for which the fiduciaries are answerable, 66 A.L.R. 1147.    Liability of grantee assuming mortgage debt, to grantor, 76 A.L.R. 1191; 97 A.L.R. 1076.    Liability of guarantor of obligations to bank as affected by limitation of amount which bank may legally loan, 92 A.L.R. 341.    Guaranty as covering renewals, after revocation, of claims within coverage at time of revocation, 100 A.L.R. 1236, 58 A.L.R.5th 325.    Acceptance of construction work as releasing contractors or sureties on bond conditioned for performance of construction contract or guaranteeing completed work, 109 A.L.R. 625.    Liability of sureties on bond of tax collector for illegal or unauthorized acts of latter toward individual taxpayer, 127 A.L.R. 857.    Creditor's reservation of rights against surety in releasing or extending time to principal debtor, 139 A.L.R. 85.   Right to join principal debtor and guarantor as parties defendant, 53 A.L.R.2d 522.   Duty of construction contractor to indemnity contractee held liable for injury to third person, in absence of express contract for indemnity, 97 A.L.R.2d 616.   Liability of surety on infant's contract or obligation, where contract is disaffirmed by infant, 44 A.L.R.3d 1417.   Change in name, location, composition, or structure of obligor commercial enterprise subsequent to execution of guaranty or surety agreement as affecting liability of guarantor or surety to the obligee, 69 A.L.R.3d 567.
GA Code § 10-7-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 7 - Suretyship|Article 1 - Contract of Suretyship|§ 10-7-3. Suretyship Not Extended by Implication

 The contract of suretyship is one of strict law; and the surety's liability will not be extended by implication or interpretation.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2127; Code 1868, § 2122; Code 1873, § 2150; Code 1882, § 2150; Civil Code 1895, § 2968; Civil Code 1910, § 3540; Code 1933, § 103-103.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Enforcing Commercial Real Estate Loan Guaranties," see 15 (No. 2) Ga. St. B. J. 12 (2009). For annual survey on business associations, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 19 (2018).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Application    RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 74 Am. Jur. 2d, Suretyship, § 26.   C.J.S.   - 72 C.J.S., Principal and Surety, §§ 32, 46 et seq.   ALR.    - Agreement by principal to pay compound or additional interest as releasing surety, 2 A.L.R. 1569.    Right of surety or his privies to require creditor to resort to security given by principal before enforcing security given by surety, 37 A.L.R. 1262.    Right of obligee in guaranty or surety bond to fill blank as to amount, 48 A.L.R. 741.    Liability of guarantor of or surety for bank deposit as affected by reorganization, merger, or consolidation of bank, 78 A.L.R. 381.    Liability of sureties on bond of public officer for acts or defaults occurring after termination of office or principal's incumbency, 81 A.L.R. 10.    Duration of continuing guaranty, 81 A.L.R. 790.    Guaranty of commercial credit of dealer as affected by latter's change of location or field of operation, 89 A.L.R. 651.    Effect of silence of surety or endorser after knowledge or notice of facts relied upon as releasing him, 101 A.L.R. 1310.    Liability of sureties as affected by actual, constructive, or asserted transfer of property or funds by fiduciary acting in one capacity to himself acting in another capacity, 111 A.L.R. 267.    Labor and materials furnished to subcontractor as within coverage of bond of principal contractor under nonpublic building or construction contract, 128 A.L.R. 938.   Guaranty of payment at maturity as covering expense of collection, 4 A.L.R.2d 138.   Guarantor of nonnegotiable obligation as released by creditor's acceptance of debtor's note or other paper payable at an extended date, 74 A.L.R.2d 734.   Liability of lessee's guarantor or surety beyond the original period fixed by lease, 10 A.L.R.3d 582.
GA Code § 10-7-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 7 - Suretyship|Article 2 - Relative Rights of Creditor and Surety|§ 10-7-23. Refusal to Deliver Evidence of Debt and Securities on Tender of Amount of Debt as Discharging Surety

 The surety may tender to the creditor the amount of his debt and demand that the evidence of and the securities for the same be delivered up to him to be enforced against his principal or cosureties; and a failure of the creditor to comply, when within his power, shall operate to discharge the surety.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2132; Code 1868, § 2127; Code 1873, § 2155; Code 1882, § 2155; Civil Code 1895, § 2973; Civil Code 1910, § 3545; Code 1933, § 103-204.)   Law reviews.   - For article surveying developments in Georgia commercial law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 33 (1981).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Only person making tender is discharged.    - This section provides only for the discharge of the person whose tender was refused. Hall v. First Nat'l Bank, 145 Ga. App. 267, 243 S.E.2d 569 (1978).   Burden upon surety to prove tender and demand.    - When, to an action by the former state superintendent of banks, the surety pleaded that the surety was discharged by a refusal of a tender and demand allowable under this section, the burden was upon the surety to prove that the tender and demand had been made either to the superintendent of banks or to one duly authorized by the surety, as provided by statute, to make collections for the bank. Bennett v. Simmons, 30 Ga. App. 529, 118 S.E. 493 (1923), later appeal, 39 Ga. App. 272, 146 S.E. 799 (1929).   Transfer of security proper.    - Summary judgment for a bank was properly entered after the bank demanded that a guarantor pay off an outstanding business debt, and upon demand of the guarantor, transferred the security for the loan, a mortgage on the homeowners' home, to the guarantor; under O.C.G.A. § 10-7-23, upon demand, the bank was required to transfer the securities to the guarantor paying off the debt or it would lose the ability to enforce the debt against the guarantor. Phillips v. First Bank of Ga., 257 Ga. App. 342, 571 S.E.2d 410 (2002).    Cited in Northcutt v. Crowe, 116 Ga. App. 715, 158 S.E.2d 318 (1967); Jessee v. First Nat'l Bank, 154 Ga. App. 209, 267 S.E.2d 803 (1980).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 74 Am. Jur. 2d, Suretyship, § 132 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 72 C.J.S., Principal and Surety, §§ 106, 112.   ALR.    - Release of payee from warranty constituting a part of the consideration for a note as releasing a surety, 7 A.L.R. 1605.    Incapacity of principal to contract as affecting liability of guarantor or surety, 24 A.L.R. 838; 43 A.L.R. 589.   Application of payments as between debts for which a surety or guarantor is bound and those for which he is not, 57 A.L.R.2d 855.
GA Code § 10-7-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 7 - Suretyship|Article 2 - Relative Rights of Creditor and Surety|§ 10-7-25. Extending Liability

 The creditor shall pursue his remedy against the surety within the time prescribed by law; and no payment or promise by the principal or by a cosurety shall extend the obligation of the surety or the remedy of the creditor against him.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2135; Code 1868, § 2130; Code 1873, § 2157; Code 1882, § 2157; Civil Code 1895, § 2975; Civil Code 1910, § 3547; Code 1933, § 103-206.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 74 Am. Jur. 2d, Suretyship, § 18 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 72 C.J.S., Principal and Surety, § 180 et seq.   ALR.    - Release of payee from warranty constituting a part of the consideration for a note as releasing a surety, 7 A.L.R. 1605.    Incapacity of principal to contract as affecting liability of guarantor or surety, 24 A.L.R. 838; 43 A.L.R. 589.    Endorsing payment upon note before maturity as releasing surety or endorser, 37 A.L.R. 477.    Right of surety or his privies to require creditor to resort to security given by principal before enforcing security given by surety, 37 A.L.R. 1262.    Extension of time or other modification of original contract as releasing indemnitor of surety or guarantor, 43 A.L.R. 1368.    Creditor's reservation of rights against surety in releasing or extending time to principal debtor, 139 A.L.R. 85.   Right to join principal debtor and guarantor as parties defendant, 53 A.L.R.2d 522.   Application of payments as between debts for which a surety or guarantor is bound and those for which he is not, 57 A.L.R.2d 855.   Guarantor of nonnegotiable obligation as released by creditor's acceptance of debtor's note or other paper payable at an extended date, 74 A.L.R.2d 734.
GA Code § 10-7-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 7 - Suretyship|Article 2 - Relative Rights of Creditor and Surety|§ 10-7-26. Promise to Pay in Ignorance of Discharge

 If by an act of the creditor the surety is discharged and in ignorance of the fact of the discharge the surety promises to pay, the promise shall not be binding.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2136; Code 1868, § 2131; Code 1873, § 2158; Code 1882, § 2158; Civil Code 1895, § 2976; Civil Code 1910, § 3548; Code 1933, § 103-207.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 74 Am. Jur. 2d, Suretyship, § 43.
GA Code § 10-7-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 7 - Suretyship|Article 2 - Relative Rights of Creditor and Surety|§ 10-7-27. Provisions of Uniform Commercial Code to Control

 Code Sections 10-7-20 through 10-7-26 shall be superseded to the extent of any conflict by the provisions of Article 3 of Title 11, the "Uniform Commercial Code - Negotiable Instruments," relating to the discharge of any party to a negotiable instrument.   (Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 10.)   Cross references.   - Discharge of party to commercial paper, § 11-3-601 et seq.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Current law on discharge of parties to instruments.    - Law governing discharge of sureties and other parties on instruments is currently governed by the Uniform Commercial Code provisions cited in Ga. L. 1962, pp. 156, 276 (see now O.C.G.A. § 11-3-601). Christian v. Atlanta Army Depot Fed. Credit Union, 151 Ga. App. 403, 260 S.E.2d 533 (1979).   Security for negotiable instruments.    - Some decisions of the Court of Appeals have applied the law to contracts of surety or guaranty securing obligations evidenced by instruments which were almost certainly negotiable instruments without reference to the Uniform Commercial Code. Sewell v. Akins, 147 Ga. App. 454, 249 S.E.2d 274 (1978).   Construction with UCC.    - Commercial paper chapter of the Uniform Commercial Code controls in cases based on negotiable instruments. The law providing for the discharge of a surety or guarantor of a simple contract for the payment of money applies equally to a surety or guarantor of negotiable instruments. Sewell v. Atkins, 147 Ga. App. 454, 249 S.E.2d 274 (1978).