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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 6 - JEWELERS (§§ 44-14-430 — 44-14-434) › Section 44-14-433 - Disposition of proceeds of sale; one-year limitation for claims of owner; disposition of residue

The proceeds of any sale made under this part shall be applied first to the payment of the lien for services rendered by the person, firm, or corporation making the sale for work done and materials furnished in repairing the article or articles sold, including the cost of the registered notice provided for in Code Section
44-14-431
. Any residue shall be paid to the judge of the probate court of the county where the sale took place, who shall hold the sum for a period of one year, during which time the owner or owners of the article or articles so sold may claim the residue; but, at the end of the period of one year, if the residue has not been claimed by the owner or owners of the article or articles sold, the residue shall be placed by the judge in the educational fund of the county where the sale was made.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 6 - JEWELERS (§§ 44-14-430 — 44-14-434) › Section 44-14-434 - Display of sign as to intention to sell

Any jeweler or other person, firm, or corporation desiring to avail himself of the provisions of this part shall display a sign in his place of business notifying the public that all articles left for repairs will be sold for charges at the expiration of one year from completion of such repairs.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7 - LAUNDRIES, CLEANERS, AND TAILORS (§§ 44-14-450 — 44-14-456) › Section 44-14-450 - Creation of lien

All persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the business of laundering, cleaning, tailoring, altering, repairing, or dyeing clothing, goods, wearing apparel, shoes, carpets, rugs, or other such articles shall, for the agreed price or the reasonable value of their services in laundering, cleaning, tailoring, altering, repairing, or dyeing any goods, clothing, wearing apparel, shoes, carpets, rugs, or other similar articles, have a lien upon the articles laundered, cleaned, tailored, altered, repaired, or dyed, whether the work of laundering, cleaning, tailoring, altering, repairing, or dyeing the articles is performed by themselves or by their employees.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7 - LAUNDRIES, CLEANERS, AND TAILORS (§§ 44-14-450 — 44-14-456) › Section 44-14-451 - Enforcement of lien; retention of possession; attachment to articles acquired after delivery made

Any persons, firms, or corporations shall have the right to retain possession of the articles laundered, cleaned, tailored, altered, repaired, or dyed by them until their charges have been paid; but, if any articles are delivered to the person for whom the service was performed without collecting the agreed price or reasonable value of laundering, cleaning, tailoring, altering, repairing, or dyeing the articles, the lien shall be lost upon the articles so delivered but shall attach to any other goods, clothing, wearing apparel, shoes, or other articles belonging to the person for whom the work was done, which articles may later come into the possession of such person, firm, or corporation for the purpose of being laundered, cleaned, tailored, altered, repaired, or dyed.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7 - LAUNDRIES, CLEANERS, AND TAILORS (§§ 44-14-450 — 44-14-456) › Section 44-14-452 - Priority; method of foreclosure

A lien under this part shall have the same rank as the special lien of laborers on the products of their labor and may be foreclosed in the same manner.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7 - LAUNDRIES, CLEANERS, AND TAILORS (§§ 44-14-450 — 44-14-456) › Section 44-14-453 - Sale of goods after 90 days; sale of goods within 120 days where notice provided

(a)
In order to satisfy the lien of the person, firm, or corporation performing the service, whenever any clothing, goods, wearing apparel, shoes, carpets, rugs, or other such articles remain in the possession of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of laundering, cleaning, tailoring, altering, repairing, or dyeing such articles for a period of 90 days after the person, firm, or corporation has performed any services thereon without the agreed price or the reasonable value of the service being paid, the goods or articles may be sold by the person, firm, or corporation having performed the service in the manner and subject to the requirements of Code Sections
44-14-454
and
44-14-455
.
(b)
As an alternative to the satisfaction of the lien as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section, an establishment accepting property to provide the services described in this part may at the time of accepting the property give to the person delivering the property to the establishment notice, which may be in the form of a sign clearly visible to a person delivering property to the establishment, that, if the property is not claimed and the agreed upon price or reasonable value for the service is not paid within 120 days after the service was performed, the establishment may otherwise dispose of the property without further notice to the owner of the property or to the person who delivered the property to the establishment. A person delivering property to an establishment for the performance of services described in this part who receives notice provided for in this subsection and who does not object to the content of such notice shall be deemed to have contractually waived any additional rights that may otherwise attach to disposition of the property, and if the person delivering the property to the establishment is not its owner, the contractual waiver of rights shall extend to the owner of the property if the person who delivered the property to the establishment was in lawful possession of the property at the time it was delivered. Property subject to the provisions of this subsection may be otherwise disposed of in such manner as the establishment possessing the property shall determine.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7 - LAUNDRIES, CLEANERS, AND TAILORS (§§ 44-14-450 — 44-14-456) › Section 44-14-454 - Notice of sale

Before any sale shall be made as provided in subsection (a) of Code Section
44-14-453
, the person, firm, or corporation making the sale shall give ten days' notice thereof by mail to the last known address of the owner if known, or otherwise to the last known address of the person from whom the goods were received. Such notice shall give the name of the owner of the goods, if known, and, if not known, the name of the person from whom the goods were received; a description of the goods to be sold; the time and place of the sale; the amount of the charges for which the goods or articles will be sold; and the name of the person, firm, or corporation having possession of the goods or articles and proposing to make the sale.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7 - LAUNDRIES, CLEANERS, AND TAILORS (§§ 44-14-450 — 44-14-456) › Section 44-14-455 - Disposition of proceeds of sale

The proceeds of any sale made under subsection (a) of Code Section
44-14-453
shall be applied first to the payment of the lien for services rendered by the person, firm, or corporation making the sale for its services in laundering, cleaning, tailoring, altering, repairing, or dyeing the articles sold; and the residue, if any, shall be paid on demand to the owner of the goods sold.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7 - LAUNDRIES, CLEANERS, AND TAILORS (§§ 44-14-450 — 44-14-456) › Section 44-14-456 - Cumulative remedies for satisfaction

The method of satisfaction of the liens referred to in this part shall be cumulative of any other remedies provided by law for the foreclosure or satisfaction of such liens.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7A - REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT (§§ 44-14-460 — 44-14-466) › Section 44-14-460 - Creation of lien

All persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the business of servicing or repairing bicycles, motor scooters, mopeds, motorcycles, lawn mowers, garden equipment, or other such related equipment shall, for the agreed price or the reasonable value of their services in servicing or repairing such equipment, have a lien upon the equipment serviced or repaired, whether the work of servicing or repairing the equipment is performed by themselves or by their employees.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7A - REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT (§§ 44-14-460 — 44-14-466) › Section 44-14-461 - Right to retain possession; forfeiture of lien

Any persons, firms, or corporations shall have the right to retain possession of the equipment repaired by them until their charges have been paid; but, if any equipment is delivered to the person for whom the service or repair was performed without collecting the agreed price or reasonable value of servicing or repairing the equipment, the lien shall be lost upon the equipment so delivered.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7A - REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT (§§ 44-14-460 — 44-14-466) › Section 44-14-462 - Priority; foreclosure

A lien under this part shall have the same rank as the special lien of laborers on the products of their labor and may be foreclosed in the same manner.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7A - REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT (§§ 44-14-460 — 44-14-466) › Section 44-14-463 - Sale of goods after 60 days

In order to satisfy the lien of the person, firm, or corporation performing the service or repair, whenever any bicycles, motor scooters, mopeds, motorcycles, lawn mowers, garden equipment, or such other related equipment remains in the possession of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of servicing or repairing such equipment for a period of 60 days after the person, firm, or corporation has performed any services or repairs thereon without the agreed price or the reasonable value of the service or repair being paid, the equipment may be sold by the person, firm, or corporation having performed the service or repair, provided that the requirements of Code Section
44-14-464
are satisfied.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7A - REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT (§§ 44-14-460 — 44-14-466) › Section 44-14-464 - Notice of sale

Before any sale shall be made as provided in Code Section
44-14-463
, the person, firm, or corporation making the sale shall give ten days' notice thereof by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery evidenced by return receipt to the last known address of the owner if known, or otherwise to the last known address of the person from whom the equipment was received. Such notice shall give the name of the owner of the equipment, if known, and, if not known, the name of the person from whom the equipment was received; a description of the equipment to be sold; the time and place of the sale; the amount of the charges for which the equipment will be sold; and the name of the person, firm, or corporation having possession of the equipment and proposing to make the sale. If such equipment is not claimed during the ten days following the date that notice was mailed, the equipment may be sold.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7A - REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT (§§ 44-14-460 — 44-14-466) › Section 44-14-465 - Disposition of proceeds of sale

The proceeds of any sale made under this part shall be applied first to the payment of the lien for services or repairs rendered by the person, firm, or corporation making the sale for its services in repairing or servicing the equipment sold; and the residue, if any, shall be paid on demand to the owner of the equipment sold.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 7A - REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT (§§ 44-14-460 — 44-14-466) › Section 44-14-466 - Cumulative remedies for satisfaction

The method of satisfaction of the liens referred to in this part shall be cumulative of any other remedies provided by law for the foreclosure or satisfaction of such liens.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 8 - HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES (§§ 44-14-470 — 44-14-477) › Section 44-14-470 - Lien on causes of action accruing to injured person for costs of care and treatment of injuries arising out of such causes of action

(a)
Except where the context otherwise requires in subsection (b) of this Code section, as used in this part, the term:
(1)
"Chiropractic practice" means any chiropractic practice that includes one or more chiropractors licensed to practice chiropractic in this state.
(2)
"Hospital" means any hospital or nursing home subject to regulation and licensure by the Department of Community Health.
(3)
"Hospital care, treatment, or services" means care, treatment, or services furnished by a hospital or nursing home.
(4)
"Nursing home" means any intermediate care home, skilled nursing home, or intermingled home.
(5)
"Physician practice" means any medical practice that includes one or more physicians licensed to practice medicine in this state.
(6)
"Traumatic burn care medical practice" means care, treatment, or services rendered by a medical practice with respect to a patient whose burn care, treatment, or services resulted in charges in excess of $50,000.00, arising out of a single accident or occurrence.
(b)
Any person, firm, hospital authority, or corporation operating a hospital, nursing home, physician practice, or chiropractic practice, or providing traumatic burn care medical practice in this state shall have a lien for the reasonable charges for hospital, nursing home, physician practice, chiropractic practice, or traumatic burn care medical practice care and treatment of an injured person, which lien shall be upon any and all causes of action accruing to the person to whom the care was furnished or to the legal representative of such person on account of injuries giving rise to the causes of action and which necessitated the hospital, nursing home, physician practice, chiropractic practice, or provider of traumatic burn care medical practice care, subject, however, to any attorney's lien and in the case of any chiropractic lien, said lien shall also be subject to any hospital lien. The lien provided for in this subsection is only a lien against such causes of action and shall not be a lien against such injured person, such legal representative, or any other property or assets of such persons and shall not be evidence of such person's failure to pay a debt. This subsection shall not be construed to interfere with the exemption from this part provided by Code Section
44-14-474
.
Amended by 2023 Ga. Laws 253,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 392,§ 2-36, eff. 7/1/2009.
Amended by 2004 Ga. Laws 486, § 1, eff. 7/1/2004.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 924, eff. 7/1/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 8 - HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES (§§ 44-14-470 — 44-14-477) › Section 44-14-472 - Duties of clerk; lien book; fee

The clerk of the superior court shall endorse the date and hour of filing on the statement filed pursuant to Code Section
44-14-471
; and, at the expense of the county, the clerk shall provide a lien book with a proper index in which the clerk shall enter the date and hour of the filing; the names and addresses of the hospital, nursing home, physician practice, chiropractic practice, or provider of traumatic burn care medical practice, the operators thereof, and the patient; and the amount claimed. The information shall be recorded in the name of the patient. The clerk shall receive a fee as required by subparagraph (f)(1)(A) of Code Section
15-6-77
as his or her fee for such filing.
Amended by 2023 Ga. Laws 253,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2006 Ga. Laws 548,§ 3, eff. 4/21/2006.
Amended by 2004 Ga. Laws 486, § 3, eff. 7/1/2004.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 987, eff. 7/1/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 8 - HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES (§§ 44-14-470 — 44-14-477) › Section 44-14-474 - Exemptions from part

This part shall not apply to any moneys becoming due under Chapter 9 of Title 34.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 8 - HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES (§§ 44-14-470 — 44-14-477) › Section 44-14-475 - Effect of part on settlement before entry into hospital, nursing home, or traumatic burn care medical facility

No settlement or release entered into or executed prior to the entry of the injured party into the hospital, nursing home, or facility which provides traumatic burn care medical practice or prior to the time the patient first sought treatment from the physician practice or chiropractic practice for the injuries shall be affected by or subject to the terms of this part.
Amended by 2023 Ga. Laws 253,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2006 Ga. Laws 548,§ 5, eff. 4/21/2006.
Amended by 2004 Ga. Laws 486, § 5, eff. 7/1/2004.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 924, eff. 7/1/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 8 - HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES (§§ 44-14-470 — 44-14-477) › Section 44-14-476 - No independent right of action

This part shall not be construed to give any hospital, nursing home, physician practice, chiropractic practice, or provider of traumatic burn care medical practice referred to in this part an independent right of action to determine liability for injuries sustained by a person or firm.
Amended by 2023 Ga. Laws 253,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2004 Ga. Laws 486, § 6, eff. 7/1/2004.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 924, eff. 7/1/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 8 - HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES (§§ 44-14-470 — 44-14-477) › Section 44-14-477 - False swearing in affidavits under Code Section 44-14-473

Any person who gives any false affidavit as provided by Code Section
44-14-473
commits the offense of false swearing.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 9 - VETERINARIANS AND BOARDERS OF ANIMALS (§§ 44-14-490 — 44-14-494) › Section 44-14-490 - Lien for treatment, board, or care of animal; right to retain possession

(a)
Every licensed veterinarian shall have a lien on each animal or pet treated, boarded, or cared for by him or her while in his or her custody and under contract with the owner of the animal or pet for the payment of charges for the treatment, board, or care of the animal or pet; and the veterinarian shall have the right to retain the animal or pet until the charges are paid.
(b)
(1)
As used in this subsection, the term:
(A)
"Charges" means:
(i)
Any charges, fees, expenses, and reimbursements which have been contracted for, agreed to, or otherwise mutually acknowledged by written agreement, course of conduct, or understanding, including but not limited to:
(I)
Board, care, services, and treatment of the animal or pet, whether provided by the operator or by a third party and incurred by the operator;
(II)
Farrier and veterinary fees and expenses incurred by the operator for or on behalf of the boarded animal or pet; and
(III)
Fees and expenses for transportation of the animal or pet; and
(ii)
Late payment fees, returned check fees, and all costs of collection, including but not limited to reasonable attorney's fees and expenses of litigation and costs of sale.
Charges shall not include fees, expenses, or commissions of any kind relating to purchase, sale, or lease of such animal or pet, other than a sale pursuant to Code Section
44-14-491
.
(B)
"Facility for boarding animals or pets" shall include, but not be limited to, veterinary hospitals, boarding kennels, stables, livestock sales barns, and humane societies.
(2)
Every operator of a facility for boarding animals or pets which facility is licensed by the Department of Agriculture, other than a licensed veterinarian, shall have a lien on each animal or pet in his or her care for the payment of all charges of such operator; and the operator of such a facility shall have the right to retain the animal or pet until the charges are paid in full.
(c)
Any person granted a lien by this Code section may waive such lien in writing.
Amended by 2005 Ga. Laws 18,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2005.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 9 - VETERINARIANS AND BOARDERS OF ANIMALS (§§ 44-14-490 — 44-14-494) › Section 44-14-491 - Notice to owner; sale or disposal of animal; liability

(a)
(1)
If the charges due for any services enumerated in Code Section
44-14-490
are not paid within ten days after the demand therefor on the owner of the animal or pet or if the animal or pet is not picked up within ten days after the demand therefor on the owner of the animal or pet, which demand shall be made in person or by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery with return receipt requested and addressed to the owner at the address given when the animal or pet was delivered, the animal or pet shall be deemed to be abandoned and the licensed veterinarian or operator of a facility is authorized to dispose of the animal or pet in such manner as such veterinarian or operator shall determine. Such ten-day period will begin to run on the date the demand is postmarked or the date the verbal command is communicated in person and shall be noted on the veterinarian's or operator's file on the animal or pet. For purposes of this subsection, the term "dispose of" means selling the animal or pet at public or private sale, giving the animal or pet away, or turning the animal or pet over to any humane society or animal shelter or other such facility. Where no such shelter facility exists within a 50 mile radius of the veterinarian or operator of a facility's place of business and the veterinarian or operator has been unable to sell or give the animal away, then the veterinarian or operator is authorized to euthanize the animal in a humane manner.
(2)
On the day of the disposal of the animal or pet, the veterinarian or operator of a facility shall notify the owner in person, by telephone, or by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery with return receipt requested at the address given when the animal or pet was delivered, of the date of the disposal and the manner in which the animal was disposed.
(3)
The disposal of an animal or pet as provided in this Code section shall not relieve the owner or owner's agent of any financial obligations incurred for treatment, boarding, or care by a veterinarian or operator of a facility for boarding animals or pets.
(b)
The giving of notice to the owner as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section shall relieve the licensed veterinarian, the operator of a facility for boarding animals or pets, or any custodian who disposes of such animal or pet of any further liability for such disposal.
(c)
Failure of the owner of any such animal or pet to receive the demand by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery provided for in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Code section shall not render the licensed veterinarian or operator of a facility liable to the owner of such animal or pet for the disposal thereof in any manner provided in this Code section.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 9 - VETERINARIANS AND BOARDERS OF ANIMALS (§§ 44-14-490 — 44-14-494) › Section 44-14-492 - Disposition of sale proceeds

When any animal or pet is sold as authorized in this part to satisfy a lien for any of the services enumerated in Code Section
44-14-490
, any surplus realized from the sale after payment of the charges and any expenses incurred in making the demand for payment thereof in connection with the sale shall be paid to the owner of the animal or pet.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 9 - VETERINARIANS AND BOARDERS OF ANIMALS (§§ 44-14-490 — 44-14-494) › Section 44-14-493 - Necessity of other legal proceedings

Other than compliance with the requirements of this part, no legal proceedings shall be necessary for the enforcement of the lien created by this part.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 9 - VETERINARIANS AND BOARDERS OF ANIMALS (§§ 44-14-490 — 44-14-494) › Section 44-14-494 - Criminal liability under Code Section 44-14-491

It shall not constitute a violation of Code Section
16-12-4
if a licensed veterinarian or an operator of a facility for boarding animals or pets disposes of an animal or pet as provided in Code Section
44-14-491
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 10 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS (§§ 44-14-510 — 44-14-518) › Section 44-14-510 - Lien of officers and employees on watercraft; priorities

Every officer and employee or guardian of any employee on any watercraft engaged in the navigation of any river within the borders or forming the boundary of this state shall have a lien upon the boat or craft for any debts, dues, wages, or demands that they may have against the owner or lessee of the boat or craft, for personal services in connection with the boat, or for wood or provisions furnished the boat, which lien shall be superior to all liens except liens for taxes and such other liens as the claimant had actual notice of before the debt was created.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 10 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS (§§ 44-14-510 — 44-14-518) › Section 44-14-511 - Liens on offspring of stallions, jacks, bulls or boars; necessity of recordation; recording fee; priorities

The owner or keeper of any stallion, jack, or blooded or imported bull or boar shall have a lien upon the offspring thereof for the service of the stallion, jack, or blooded or imported bull or boar for the period of one year from the birth of the offspring, which lien shall be superior to all other liens except the lien for taxes, provided that the owners shall keep their animals enclosed in their own pastures or otherwise. The lien provided for in this Code section shall not become operative unless it is recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county where the owner of the mother resides within six months after the performance of the service. The clerk shall keep a book in which all such liens are to be recorded and shall receive a fee as required by subparagraph (f)(1)(A) of Code Section
15-6-77
for recording such liens.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 10 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS (§§ 44-14-510 — 44-14-518) › Section 44-14-512 - Lien for hauling lumber, stocks, or logs

Any person hauling stocks, logs, or lumber for another person shall have a lien against the personalty so hauled by him to the extent of the amount of the indebtedness, if by contract, and to the extent of the value of the services so rendered, if the price to be paid for the hauling is not agreed upon.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 10 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS (§§ 44-14-510 — 44-14-518) › Section 44-14-513 - Liens in favor of planing mills and similiar establishments

Proprietors of planing mills and other similar establishments shall have the same lien as provided in Code Section
44-14-363
for work done on material furnished by others; and, when they furnish material, they shall have the same liens provided for in Code Section
44-14-361
for materialmen. Proprietors of sawmills, when furnishing material for the improvement of real estate to purchasers from them for that purpose, shall be entitled to the lien provided for in Code Section
44-14-361
, said lien to be governed by the rules laid down in Code Section
44-14-361
when the same are applicable.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 10 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS (§§ 44-14-510 — 44-14-518) › Section 44-14-514 - Liens of laborers at mills and similar establishments

Laborers in mills and other establishments mentioned in Code Section
44-14-513
shall have the same lien as is provided for laborers in Code Sections
44-14-380
and
44-14-381
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 10 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS (§§ 44-14-510 — 44-14-518) › Section 44-14-515 - Liens for articles furnished to sawmills; priorities

All persons furnishing sawmills with timber, logs, provisions, or any other thing necessary to carry on the work of sawmills shall have liens on the mills and their products, which liens shall, as between themselves, rank according to date, and the date of each shall be from the time when the debt was created. The liens shall be superior to all liens except liens for taxes; liens for labor as provided for in Code Sections
44-14-380
,
44-14-381
, and
44-14-514
; and all general liens of which they have actual notice before their debts were created.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 10 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS (§§ 44-14-510 — 44-14-518) › Section 44-14-516 - Liens on merchandise because of bad checks or stop payment orders

(a)
For the purposes of this Code section, the term "bad check" means a check drawn for payment of money on any bank or other depository in exchange for merchandise or for services rendered on merchandise when:
(1)
The drawer had no account with the drawee at the time the check was drawn;
(2)
Payment was refused by the drawee for lack of funds in the account of the drawer upon presentation within 30 days after delivery and the drawer or someone for him shall not have paid the payee the amount due thereon within ten days after receiving written notice mailed by certified or registered mail or statutory overnight delivery that payment was refused upon such instrument; or
(3)
Notice mailed by certified or registered mail or statutory overnight delivery as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection is returned undelivered to the sender when such notice was mailed within a reasonable time of dishonor to the address printed on the check or given by the drawer at the time of issuance of the check.
(b)
The payee of any bad check written in full or partial payment for merchandise or for services rendered on merchandise, delivered at the time of the acceptance of the check, shall have a lien for the face amount of the check on the merchandise so delivered. Such liens shall occupy the same position as mechanics' liens and shall be perfected in the same manner as mechanics' liens.
(c)
The payee of any check written in full or partial payment for merchandise or for services rendered on merchandise, delivered at the time of the acceptance of the check and on which the payer subsequently issues a stop payment order, shall have a lien for the face amount of the check on the merchandise so delivered if the stop payment order was issued within five days after the delivery of the merchandise. Such liens shall occupy the same position as mechanics' liens and shall be perfected in the same manner as mechanics' liens.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 10 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS (§§ 44-14-510 — 44-14-518) › Section 44-14-517 - Filing liens imposed under federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986

Pursuant to the authority granted to states by Section 107 of Title I of the federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, P.L. 99-499, 100 STAT. 1613, 1630, all liens imposed pursuant to such federal act shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county in this state in which the real property subject to the lien is located and shall be filed in the same manner as deeds are recorded.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 11 - FORECLOSURE OF LIENS ON REALTY (§§ 44-14-530 — 44-14-531) › Section 44-14-530 - Manner of foreclosure; attachment of lien; proceeds of judicial sale; trial of claim; damages; effect of delivery of possessions

(a)
Liens on real property which are provided for in this chapter, other than mortgages, shall be foreclosed, when not otherwise provided for, by a compliance with his contract by the person claiming the lien and recording his claim and the commencement of an action therefor according to the provisions and requirements of Code Section
44-14-361.1
. In declaring for such debt or claim, the claimant of the lien shall set forth his lien and the premise on which he claims it; and, if the lien is allowed, the verdict of the jury, if tried by a jury, or a decision of the court, if the parties consent to trial by the court without a jury, shall set it forth and the judgment and execution shall be awarded accordingly. All such executions shall, however, be subject to all prior encumbrances.
(b)
If any real property on which there is a lien is sold by any process from the courts, the purchaser shall obtain the full title; and the lien shall attach to the proceeds of the sale upon a notice by the party claiming the lien to the officer to hold the money for that purpose until the next session of the superior court. If the claim of lien is disputed by either the plaintiff or the defendant in the process or decree on which the money was raised, an issue shall be ordered and tried as in other cases; and, if it is determined against the claimant, he shall pay such damages, not exceeding 20 percent, as the jury may assess, with interest from the date of the notice to retain, and costs.
(c)
The delivery of possession by the person claiming the lien shall not affect his lien.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 11 - FORECLOSURE OF LIENS ON REALTY (§§ 44-14-530 — 44-14-531) › Section 44-14-531 - Right of transferee to foreclose

Upon the simple transfer or assignment of any rent note, mortgage note, or other such evidence of debt as mentioned in Code Sections
44-14-325
and
44-14-326
, the person to whom the same may be transferred or assigned shall, without more, have full power and authority to foreclose or enforce the evidences of debt in his own name.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 12 - FORECLOSURE OF LIENS ON PERSONALTY (§§ 44-14-550 — 44-14-551) › Section 44-14-551 - Judgment on replevy bonds

In all foreclosure of liens on personalty in which the property levied on is replevied and in which verdicts are found for the plaintiffs, the plaintiffs shall be granted judgments against the defendants and their securities in the same manner and with the same effect as in cases of appeal.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 13 - REGISTRATION OF LIENS FOR FEDERAL TAXES (§§ 44-14-570 — 44-14-574) › Section 44-14-570 - Purpose

It is the purpose of this part to conform to Section 6323 of the United States Internal Revenue Code as amended by Public Law 89-719, entitled the Federal Tax Lien Act of 1966.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 13 - REGISTRATION OF LIENS FOR FEDERAL TAXES (§§ 44-14-570 — 44-14-574) › Section 44-14-571 - Filing of federal tax liens on realty and personalty

(a)
Notices of liens upon real property for taxes payable to the United States and certificates and all notices affecting such liens, including certificates of redemption, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the real property subject to a federal tax lien is located.
(b)
Notices of liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for taxes payable to the United States and certificates and all notices affecting such liens, including certificates of redemption, shall be filed as follows:
(1)
If the person against whose interest the tax lien applies is a corporation or partnership whose principal executive office is in this state, as these entities are defined in the internal revenue laws of the United States, in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the principal executive office is located; and
(2)
In all other cases, in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county where the taxpayer resides at the time of the filing of the notice of lien.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 13 - REGISTRATION OF LIENS FOR FEDERAL TAXES (§§ 44-14-570 — 44-14-574) › Section 44-14-572 - When notices and certificates affecting tax liens entitled to be filed; certification by secretary of treasury

Certification by the secretary of the treasury of the United States or his delegate of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting tax liens entitles them to be filed; and no other attestation, certification, or acknowledgment is necessary.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 13 - REGISTRATION OF LIENS FOR FEDERAL TAXES (§§ 44-14-570 — 44-14-574) › Section 44-14-573 - Filing of federal tax lien, notice or revocation of certificate, or certificate of discharge

The clerk of superior court shall file, index, and record in the general execution docket or lien book of his or her office a notice of a federal tax lien, refiling of a federal tax lien, notice or revocation of a certificate described in subsections (a) and (b) of Code Section
44-14-571
, or certificate of discharge of a federal tax lien in the same manner as provided for in Code Section
9-12-86
for liens upon land.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 13 - REGISTRATION OF LIENS FOR FEDERAL TAXES (§§ 44-14-570 — 44-14-574) › Section 44-14-574 - Fees; billing procedure

The fee for filing and indexing each notice of a lien or certificate or notice affecting a tax lien shall be as provided in subsection (f) of Code Section
15-6-77
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 14 - BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS (§§ 44-14-590 — 44-14-591) › Section 44-14-590 - Recording of bankruptcy petition, decree, or order; fees

A certified copy of a petition, with schedules omitted, commencing a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, P.L. 95-598, codified at
11 U.S.C. Section 101
, et seq., or of the decree of adjudication in the proceeding, or of the order approving the bond of the trustee appointed in the proceeding may be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of any county in the same manner as deeds are filed and recorded. It shall be the duty of the clerk to docket and index, under the name of the bankrupt, and record the certified copies of the petition, decree, or order filed for record in the same manner as deeds. Clerks shall be entitled to the same fees for docketing, indexing, and recording the copies of such petitions, decrees, or orders as for docketing, indexing, and recording deeds.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 462, § 44, eff. 4/18/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 14 - BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS (§§ 44-14-590 — 44-14-591) › Section 44-14-591 - Effect of failure to record petition, decree, or order as to bona fide purchaser or lienor of real property

Unless a certified copy of the petition, with schedules omitted, decree, or order has been recorded in any county wherein the bankrupt owns or has an interest in real property, the commencement of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, P.L. 95-598, codified at
11 U.S.C. Section 101
, et seq., shall not be constructive notice to nor shall it affect the title of any subsequent bona fide purchaser or lienor of real property in the county for a present fair equivalent value without actual notice of the pendency of the proceeding; provided, however, that where the purchaser or lienor has given less than fair equivalent value, he or she shall nevertheless have a lien upon the property but only to the extent of the consideration actually given by him or her. The exercise by any court of the United States or of this state of jurisdiction to authorize or effect a judicial sale of real property of the bankrupt within any county in this state shall not be impaired by the pendency of the proceeding unless the copy is recorded in the county, as provided in this Code section, prior to the consummation of the judicial sale.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 462, § 44, eff. 4/18/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 15 - COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER LIENS (§§ 44-14-600 — 44-14-605) › Section 44-14-600 - Short title

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act."
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 44 - PROPERTY (§§ 44-1-1 — 44-17-7) › Chapter 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS (§§ 44-14-1 — 44-14-613) › Article 8 - LIENS (§§ 44-14-320 — 44-14-605) › Part 15 - COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER LIENS (§§ 44-14-600 — 44-14-605) › Section 44-14-601 - Definitions

As used in this part, the term:
(1)
"Broker" means a broker as defined in paragraph (2) of Code Section
43-40-1
.
(2)
"Client" means a person or entity having an interest in real property that has entered into a written brokerage agreement with a real estate broker relative to such property.
(3)
"Commercial real estate" means any real estate other than real estate containing one to four residential units; real estate on which no buildings or structures are located and which is not zoned for nor available for commercial, multifamily, or retail use; or real estate classified as agricultural for tax assessment purposes. Commercial real estate shall not include single-family residential units such as condominiums, townhomes, mobile homes, or homes in a subdivision when sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed on a unit by unit basis even though these units may be part of a larger building or parcel of real estate containing more than four residential units.
(4)
"Conveyance" means a sale, lease, or other transfer of commercial real estate.
(5)
"Real estate" means real estate as defined in paragraph (9) of Code Section
43-40-1
.