# Georgia — Eviction notice periods for nonpayment of rent by US state — how long a landlord must wait, quoted from the state statute

For Georgia, notice period is three-day notice to vacate or pay; notice period in days is 3; statute is O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50(c)-(d), as enacted by Ga. L. 2024, HB 404 (Safe at Home Act), recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Georgia _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Notice period:** three-day notice to vacate or pay _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notice period in days:** 3 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Right to cure by paying:** Yes, since the Safe at Home Act. For residential leases entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024, O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50(c) lets the tenant stop the dispossessory by paying all past due rent, late fees, utilities and other charges owed within three business days of the notice. Under the older § 44-7-50(a) route, which still governs leases predating that date, the statute sets no waiting period at all — the owner demands possession and, on refusal, may go to court immediately. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50(c)-(d), as enacted by Ga. L. 2024, HB 404 (Safe at Home Act) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (c) In all cases when a tenant fails to pay the rent, late fees, utilities, or other charges owed 51 to the landlord when it becomes due, if the tenant refuses to pay the amount due or fails to 52 deliver possession when so demanded after being provided with a notice to vacate or pay 53 all past due rent, late fees, utilities, and other charges owed to the landlord within three 54 business days, the owner or the agent, attorney at law, or attorney in fact of such owner 55 may immediately go before the judge of the superior court, the judge of the state court, or 56 the clerk or deputy clerk of either court, or the judge or the clerk or deputy clerk of any 57 other court with jurisdiction over the subject matter, or a magistrate in the district where 58 the land lies and make an affidavit under oath to the facts. Such affidavit may likewise be 59 made before a notary public. 60 (d) The demand for possession notice under subsection (a) of this Code section or the 61 three-day notice to vacate or pay under subsection (c) of this Code section shall be posted

## Source

- https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2024-signed-legislation/hb-404/download

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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