In Georgia, a landlord can usually decide not to renew a lease when the term ends, as long as they give the notice the lease requires and are not doing it for an illegal retaliatory reason. Nonrenewal is different from eviction, but it still has rules and timelines...

In Georgia, there is no built‑in grace period for rent and no statewide dollar cap on late fees for residential leases. Instead, almost everything turns on what the lease actually says and whether a judge would view the fee as reasonable rather than a...

Most Georgia tenants are surprised to learn there is no single “24‑hour notice” rule in the statutes. Instead, the law protects your right to quiet enjoyment and leaves most entry details to leases and basic reasonableness. That makes it important to know when your...