Georgia
What Georgia law says about deposits, firings, overtime, collectors and accidents — and where each claim gets filed.
5 guides written for this state
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| claim | free route | statute |
|---|---|---|
| Landlord & tenant a landlord keeping my deposit | — | O.C.G.A. § 44-7-34 |
| Employment unpaid overtime | Georgia sets no overtime rule of its own, so the overtime is the federal claim above and the free route is the federal Wage and Hour Division. A complaint costs nothing, and by law the Division may not disclose your name, what you complained about, or that a complaint exists.↗ | — |
| Consumer a debt collector harassing me | Georgia Consumer Protection publishes a debt collectors page of its own, and it is written for exactly this reader: you may be receiving telephone calls demanding that you pay a debt, and the rules are there to protect you from harassment, abuse and invasion of privacy. Georgia does not license collection agencies and has no collection practices act of its own, so what the office enforces is the Fair Business Practices Act.↗ | — |
| Employment being fired for complaining | Georgia has a Commission on Equal Opportunity, and it will not take your case if you worked for a private employer. In its own words, the Act it enforces makes it unlawful for a state agency to discriminate — so its jurisdiction is Georgia's own government and nothing else. For everyone else in the state there is no office with authority over the conduct, the 300-day extension in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) never applies, and your EEOC deadline is 180 days. This is the state most likely to cost you the claim, because the commission exists and looks like the answer.↗ | — |
| Injury a car accident | — | O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33 |
free route · 3 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
statute · 2 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
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