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Property; debtor's aggregate interest in real property or personal property used as a residence; revise exemption

It became law on May 11, 2026.

GA HB 1024 · House Bill · 2025_26

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Became law
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Sponsors
3
Latest action
May 11, 2026

What it does

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to revise the exemption for a debtor's aggregate interest in real property or personal property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a residence, in a cooperative that owns property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a residence, or in a burial plot; to provide for such exemption for the primary residence of spouses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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This bill passed and is now law.

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    May 11, 2026

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