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Georgia Eviction Notice

The Georgia notice to vacate or pay all past due rent, late fees, utilities and other charges within three business days, as O.C.G.A. 44-7-50 requires since the 2024 Safe at Home Act. Free PDF, no signup.

3 business days (HB 404)
Rent, late fees and charges itemized
Sealed-envelope posting noted
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Landlord- who gives the notice and takes the rent

Landlord or management company Address where rent is paid Phone Days and hours rent can be paid in person Accepted forms of payment

Tenant- everyone on the lease and the rental

Tenant name(s) Rental address with unit County

Rent owed- rent, late fees, utilities and other charges owed

Unpaid rent, $ Late fees owed, $ Utilities owed to the landlord, $ Other charges owed, $ Rental period(s) it is for Federally backed mortgage or federal housing program (CARES Act)?

Deadline- count the days the way your state's law does

Date the notice is delivered Last day to pay

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How to fill out a Georgia notice to vacate or pay

Tenant and rental. Every tenant's name, the rental address with the unit, and the county.
Everything owed. Georgia's notice covers past due rent, late fees, utilities and other charges owed to the landlord (O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50(c)). Enter each; the notice adds up the total. Charge late fees only if your lease provides for them.
The last day. Count three business days after the notice is delivered and enter that date.

What changed in 2024?

The Safe at Home Act (HB 404) made a written notice a required step before a Georgia eviction for leases entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024. Before you can file a dispossessory affidavit, the tenant must get a notice to vacate or pay all past due rent, late fees, utilities and other charges within three business days (§ 44-7-50(c)). The same law capped security deposits at two months' rent and wrote a habitability promise into every lease.

How are the three business days counted?

Business days are Monday to Friday, without holidays. Do not count the day the notice is delivered. Delivered on a Tuesday, the last day is Friday; delivered on a Thursday, the last day is the next Tuesday. File only after the last day has passed.

How do I deliver it?

The law requires both (§ 44-7-50(d)):

Post it in a sealed envelope, conspicuously on the door of the property.
Also deliver it by any additional method your rental agreement names - for example mail or e-mail.

Fill in the proof of delivery at the bottom and keep a copy for the magistrate court.

What happens after the notice?

If the tenant neither pays nor moves out by the deadline, you can file a dispossessory affidavit in the magistrate court of the county where the rental is (§ 44-7-50(c)). The court serves the tenant, who can answer. Cutting off utilities to push the tenant out is not a shortcut: the landlord may not cut off cooling, heat, light or water service (§ 44-7-14.1).

What if the property has a federally backed mortgage?

For a "covered dwelling" under the federal CARES Act - a property with a federally backed mortgage or in a federal housing program - the tenant cannot be required to leave before 30 days after a notice to vacate (15 U.S.C. § 9058(c)). Choose "Yes" in the form and the notice adds that statement.

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