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GA Code § 10-4-32 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses|§ 10-4-32. Criminal Penalties for Violations; Immunity of Sureties

  Every person who, without lawful authority, shall convert to his own use, or use for purposes of securing a loan, or remove from a warehouse under this article, contrary to this article or the regulations promulgated under this article, any agricultural product received at such warehouse for storage; or who shall forge, alter, counterfeit, simulate, or falsely misrepresent, or without proper authority use any license issued by the Commissioner under this article; or who shall issue or utter a false or fraudulent receipt or certificate of weight or grade or other class for any agricultural product under this article; or change with fraudulent intent in any manner an original receipt or such a certificate subsequent to issuance, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be fined not less than $2,000.00 nor more than $20,000.00 or double the value of the products involved if such double value exceeds $20,000.00, or imprisoned for not less than two years nor more than ten years, or both.   Every person who shall fraudulently alter or falsely represent a sample drawn under this article; or who shall fraudulently grade, otherwise classify, or weigh, or draw with intent to deceive a false sample of any agricultural product received at any warehouse under this article for storage; or who otherwise shall violate any provision of this article or of the regulations promulgated under this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   For the purposes of this Code section the bondsman bonding such person or warehouseman shall not be liable for the criminal penalties provided in this Code section.    (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 412, § 24.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Warehouses, § 143 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 93 C.J.S., Warehousemen and Safe Depositaries, §§ 172, 173.
GA Code § 10-4-33 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 1 - State Licensed and Bonded Warehouses|§ 10-4-33. Duty of Persons Accepting Warehouse Receipts to Take Adequate Measures Regarding Goods

 This article shall not relieve any person, including, but not limited to, any bank, savings and loan, or other financial lending institution, that requires, solicits, or otherwise accepts warehouse receipts issued in accordance with this article as collateral or security for a debt, account, promissory note, or any type of loan from any duty otherwise imposed to take necessary and reasonable adequate measures to ensure that the goods represented by the warehouse receipts are present and accounted for and are in suitable condition.    (Code 1981, §10-4-33, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2553, § 2.)
GA Code § 10-4-190 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 4 - Convenience Warehousing|§ 10-4-190. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Convenience Warehouse Act of 1975."   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1156, § 1.)
GA Code § 10-4-191 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 4 - Convenience Warehousing|§ 10-4-191. Definitions; Exemption of State Licensed or Bonded Warehouses

  As used in this article, the term:   "Convenience warehouse" means a series of storage spaces contained in one building or in a series of buildings which are designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage spaces to persons in order that any person renting or leasing one or more of such individual storage spaces shall have access for the purpose of storing property therein.   "Person" means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, or other organization.     Nothing in this article shall be construed to apply to a public warehouse licensed pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter, as now or hereafter amended, nor to any person engaged in business as a bonded public warehouseman pursuant to law providing for such bonded public warehouseman.    (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1156, § 2.)
GA Code § 10-4-192 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 4 - Convenience Warehousing|§ 10-4-192. Convenience Warehouseman to Obtain and Retain Certain Information; Property Ownership Statement

  Any person engaged in the business of operating a convenience warehouse shall obtain from each person renting or leasing a storage space the following information:   His name, age, home address, and home telephone number, if any;   His social security number, if any;   His driver's license number, if any; and   The name and address of his employer.     In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this Code section, any person renting or leasing a storage space from a convenience warehouse shall sign a written document, under oath, that he is the owner of or has legal possession of any property which he intends to store in the storage space rented or leased by him. A copy of the signed document shall be given to the person executing it, and the original thereof shall be retained in the records of the person engaged in the business of operating the convenience warehouse.   The information required by subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section shall be retained by the person engaged in the business of operating the convenience warehouse for a period of at least one year following the last date on which the storage space was rented or leased to the person covered by such information.    (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1156, § 3.)
GA Code § 10-4-193 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 4 - Convenience Warehousing|§ 10-4-193. Penalties

  Any person engaged in the business of operating a convenience warehouse who fails to obtain the information required by subsection (a) of Code Section 10-4-192 or who rents or leases a storage space without first obtaining the written document required by subsection (b) of Code Section 10-4-192 or who knowingly and willfully fails to comply with subsection (c) of Code Section 10-4-192 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Any person who intentionally provides any false information pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 10-4-192 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Any person who knowingly provides false information in executing the document required by subsection (b) of Code Section 10-4-192 commits the offense of false swearing within the meaning of Code Section 16-10-71.    (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1156, § 4.)
GA Code § 10-4-210 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 5 - Self-Service Storage Facilities|§ 10-4-210. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Self-service Storage Facility Act of 2013."    (Ga. L. 1982, p. 2286, § 1; Code 1981, §10-4-210, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2286, § 7; Ga. L. 2013, p. 555, § 1/SB 61.)
GA Code § 10-4-212 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 5 - Self-Service Storage Facilities|§ 10-4-212. Lien of Owner of Self-Service Storage Facility Upon Property Located at Facility; Priority; Attachment

 The owner of a self-service storage facility and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns have a lien upon all personal property located at a self-service storage facility for rent, fees for the late payment of rent, labor, or other charges, present or future, in relation to the personal property and for expenses necessary for its preservation or expenses reasonably incurred in its sale or other disposition pursuant to this article. The lien provided for in this Code section is superior to any other lien or security interest except those which are perfected and recorded prior to the date of the rental agreement in Georgia in the name of the occupant, either in the county of the occupant's last known address or in the county where the self-service storage facility is located, except any tax lien as otherwise provided by law and except any lienholder with an interest in the property of whom the owner has knowledge either through the disclosure provision of the rental agreement or through other written notice. The lien attaches as of the date the personal property is brought to the self-service storage facility.    (Ga. L. 1982, p. 2286, § 3; Code 1981, §10-4-212, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2286, § 7; Ga. L. 2000, p. 136, § 10; Ga. L. 2013, p. 555, § 1/SB 61; Ga. L. 2019, p. 789, § 2/SB 97.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective July 1, 2019, inserted "fees for the late payment of rent," in the middle of the first sentence.
GA Code § 10-4-214 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 5 - Self-Service Storage Facilities|§ 10-4-214. Compliance With Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Additional Rights, Duties, and Obligations Not Impaired; Rights Under Article Additional

 If the rental agreement is with a service member, the owner shall comply with all terms of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. Section 3901 et seq. Nothing in this article shall be construed as in any manner impairing or affecting the right of the parties to create additional rights, duties, and obligations in and by virtue of the rental agreement. The rights provided by this article shall be in addition to all other rights allowed by law to a creditor against his or her debtor.    (Ga. L. 1982, p. 2286, § 5; Code 1981, §10-4-214, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2286, § 7; Ga. L. 2013, p. 555, § 1/SB 61; Ga. L. 2019, p. 145, § 1/HB 25.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective July 1, 2019, substituted "50 U.S.C. Section 3901 et seq." for "50 U.S.C. Section 501 et seq." in the first sentence of this Code section.   Cross references.   - Additional contracts terminable by service members, § 13-1-16.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2016, " § 501 et seq." was replaced with "Section 501 et seq."   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Storage facility's sale of property pursuant to a rental contract was valid and enforceable and did not require compliance with the sale provisions under the Georgia Self-Service Storage Facility Act, O.C.G.A. § 10-4-210 et seq. Tompkins v. Mayers, 209 Ga. App. 809, 434 S.E.2d 798 (1993).
GA Code § 10-4-215 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 5 - Self-Service Storage Facilities|§ 10-4-215. Rental Agreements Entered Into Before July 1, 2013, Not Affected

 All rental agreements entered into before July 1, 2013, and not extended or renewed after that date and the rights and duties and interests flowing from them shall remain valid and may be enforced or terminated in accordance with their terms or as permitted by any other statute or law of this state.    (Ga. L. 1982, p. 2286, § 6; Code 1981, §10-4-215, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2286, § 7; Ga. L. 2013, p. 555, § 1/SB 61.)
GA Code § 10-4-216 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 5 - Self-Service Storage Facilities|§ 10-4-216. Self-Service Storage Facility Not Residence; No Application of Public Bonded Warehouseman Provisions

  No occupant shall use a self-service storage facility for residential purposes.   The provisions of law relative to bonded public warehousemen shall not apply to any owner of a self-service storage facility.     (Code 1981, §10-4-216, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 789, § 4/SB 97.)
GA Code § 10-4-217 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 4 - Warehousemen|Article 5 - Self-Service Storage Facilities|§ 10-4-217. Late Penalty; Calculations; Application

  Pursuant to the terms of a rental agreement, an owner may charge and collect a fee from an occupant for the late payment of rent that is to be paid under a rental agreement. Such fee shall be no more than $20.00 per month for each month there is a late payment of rent or 20 percent of the monthly rent for each month there is a late payment of rent, whichever is greater.   This Code section shall only apply to rental agreements entered into, extended, or renewed, and the late payment of rent occurring, on or after July 1, 2019.     (Code 1981, §10-4-217, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 789, § 4/SB 97.)
GA Code § 10-5-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 5 - Georgia Uniform Securities|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-5-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008."    (Code 1981, §10-5-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 1/SB 358.)   Law reviews.   - For survey article on business associations, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 35 (2008).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Complaint alleging mishandling of stock transfer.    - Trial court properly denied the defendants' motions to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim because the plaintiff satisfied minimal pleading requirements necessary to survive motions by adequately alleging a deprivation of rightful ownership of 9,479 shares of stock due to the defendants' individual and collective conduct and that the defendants failed to exercise ordinary care in the surrender, transfer, exchange and disbursement of shares. Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. v. Jones, 348 Ga. App. 474, 823 S.E.2d 558 (2019).    Cited in Griffin v. State Bank, 312 Ga. App. 87, 718 S.E.2d 35 (2011); Cox v. Mayan Lagoon Estates Ltd., 319 Ga. App. 101, 734 S.E.2d 883 (2012); Cushing v. Cohen, 323 Ga. App. 497, 746 S.E.2d 898 (2013).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   22 Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Securities Regulation, § 2 et seq. 22A Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Securities Regulation, § 35 et seq.   ALR.    - What gives rise to right of recession under state blue-sky laws, 52 A.L.R. 5th 491.   Investigative authority of administrative agencies in state regulation of securities, 58 A.L.R.5th 293.   State regulation of viatical life insurance programs, viatical settlements, and viatical investments, 28 A.L.R.6th 281.   Effect of asset freeze obtained by Securities and Exchange Commission on attorney's fees paid or owed by company subject to freeze, 161 A.L.R. Fed. 233.
GA Code § 10-5-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 5 - Georgia Uniform Securities|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-5-3. Citations to United States Code

 Any citation in this chapter to a section of the United States Code includes those statutes and the rules and regulations adopted under those statutes as in effect on July 1, 2009, or as later amended.    (Code 1981, §10-5-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 1/SB 358.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2008, "July 1, 2009" was substituted for "the date of enactment of this chapter".
GA Code § 10-5-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 5 - Georgia Uniform Securities|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-5-4. Reference to Agency or Department of United States

 A reference in this chapter to an agency or department of the United States is also a reference to a successor agency or department.    (Code 1981, §10-5-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 1/SB 358.)
GA Code § 10-5-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 5 - Georgia Uniform Securities|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 10-5-5. Electronic Records and Signatures

 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 does 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). This chapter authorizes the filing of records and signatures, when specified by provisions of this chapter or by a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter, in a manner consistent with Section 104(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7004(a).    (Code 1981, §10-5-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 1/SB 358.)
GA Code § 10-5-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 5 - Georgia Uniform Securities|Article 2 - Exemptions|§ 10-5-13. Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Exemption

  Except with respect to a federal covered security or a transaction involving a federal covered security, an order issued under this chapter may deny, suspend application of, condition, limit, or revoke an exemption created under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) or paragraph (7) or (8) of Code Section 10-5-10 or under Code Section 10-5-11 or an exemption or waiver created under Code Section 10-5-12 with respect to a specific security, transaction, or offer. An order issued under this Code section may be issued only pursuant to the procedures in subsection (d) of Code Section 10-5-25 or 10-5-73 and only prospectively.   A person does not violate Code Section 10-5-20, 10-5-22 through 10-5-25, 10-5-53, or 10-5-59 by an offer to sell, offer to purchase, sale, or purchase effected after the entry of an order issued under this Code section if the person did not know, and in the exercise of reasonable care could not have known, of the order.     (Code 1981, §10-5-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 1/SB 358.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "The Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008: An Analysis of Significant Changes to Georgia's Blue Sky Law," see 14 (No. 6) Ga. St. B. J. 18 (2009).
GA Code § 10-5-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 5 - Georgia Uniform Securities|Article 3 - Registration of Securities|§ 10-5-20. Restrictions on Sales of Securities

 It is unlawful for a person to offer or sell a security in this state unless:    The security is a federal covered security;   The security, transaction, or offer is exempted from registration under Code Sections 10-5-10 through 10-5-12; or   The security is registered under this chapter.     (Code 1981, §10-5-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 1/SB 358.)
GA Code § 10-5-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 5 - Georgia Uniform Securities|Article 3 - Registration of Securities|§ 10-5-26. Waiver or Modification of Requirements by Commissioner

 The Commissioner may waive or modify, in whole or in part, any or all of the requirements of Code Sections 10-5-21, 10-5-22, and subsection (b) of Code Section 10-5-23 or the requirement of any information or record in a registration statement or in a periodic report filed pursuant to subsection (i) of Code Section 10-5-24.    (Code 1981, §10-5-26, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 1/SB 358.)
GA Code § 10-5-32 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 5 - Georgia Uniform Securities|Article 4 - Registration of Broker-Dealers, Agents, and Investment Advisors|§ 10-5-32. Registration Requirements for Investment Advisors; Exemptions

  It is unlawful for a person to transact business in this state as an investment adviser unless the person is registered under this chapter as an investment adviser or is exempt from registration as an investment adviser under subsection (b) of this Code section.   The following persons are exempt from the registration requirement of subsection (a) of this Code section:   A person without a place of business in this state that is registered under the securities act of the state in which the person has its principal place of business if its only clients in this state are:   Federal covered investment advisers, investment advisers registered under this chapter, or broker-dealers registered under this chapter;   Institutional investors;   Bona fide preexisting clients whose principal places of residence are not in this state if the investment adviser is registered under the securities act of the state in which the clients maintain principal places of residence; or   Any other client exempted by rule adopted or order issued under this chapter;     A person without a place of business in this state if the person has had, during the preceding 12 months, not more than five clients that are resident in this state in addition to those specified under paragraph (1) of this subsection; or   Any other person exempted by rule adopted or order issued under this chapter.     It is unlawful for an investment adviser, directly or indirectly, to employ or associate with an individual to engage in an activity related to investment advice in this state if the registration of the individual is suspended or revoked or the individual is barred from employment or association with an investment adviser, federal covered investment adviser, or broker-dealer by an order issued under this chapter, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a self-regulatory organization unless the investment adviser did not know, and in the exercise of reasonable care could not have known, of the suspension, revocation, or bar. Upon request from the investment adviser and for good cause, the Commissioner, by order, may waive, in whole or in part, the application of the prohibitions of this subsection to the investment adviser.   It is unlawful for an investment adviser to employ or associate with an individual required to be registered under this chapter as an investment adviser representative who transacts business in this state on behalf of the investment adviser unless the individual is registered under subsection (a) of Code Section 10-5-33 or is exempt from registration under subsection (b) of Code Section 10-5-33.     (Code 1981, §10-5-32, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 1/SB 358.)
GA Code § 10-5-34 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 10 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 5 - Georgia Uniform Securities|Article 4 - Registration of Broker-Dealers, Agents, and Investment Advisors|§ 10-5-34. Registration Requirements for Federal Covered Investment Advisers

  Except with respect to a federal covered investment adviser described in subsection (b) of this Code section, it is unlawful for a federal covered investment adviser to transact business in this state as a federal covered investment adviser unless the federal covered investment adviser complies with subsection (c) of this Code section.   The following federal covered investment advisers are not required to comply with subsection (c) of this Code section:   A federal covered investment adviser without a place of business in this state if its only clients in this state are:   Federal covered investment advisers, investment advisers registered under this chapter, and broker-dealers registered under this chapter;   Institutional investors;   Bona fide preexisting clients whose principal places of residence are not in this state; or   Other clients specified by rule adopted or order issued under this chapter;     A federal covered investment adviser without a place of business in this state if the person has had, during the preceding 12 months, not more than five clients that are resident in this state in addition to those specified under paragraph (1) of this subsection; and   Any other person excluded by rule adopted or order issued under this chapter.     A person acting as a federal covered investment adviser, not excluded under subsection (b) of this Code section, shall file a notice, a consent to service of process complying with Code Section 10-5-80 and such records as have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, 15 U.S.C. Section 80b-1, et seq., required by rule adopted or order issued under this chapter and pay the fees specified in subsection (e) of Code Section 10-5-39.   The notice under subsection (c) of this Code section becomes effective upon its filing.     (Code 1981, §10-5-34, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 381, § 1/SB 358.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "The Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008: An Analysis of Significant Changes to Georgia's Blue Sky Law," see 14 (No. 6) Ga. St. B. J. 18 (2009).