{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-6-57","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 10-6-57","heading":"Payment to agent not producing obligation made at debtor’s risk; proving agent’s authority.","body":"Where money is due on a written evidence of debt, payment to an agent of the creditor who fails to produce the obligation shall be at the risk of the debtor. Nonproduction of the security shall rebut the implication of authority arising from the agent’s employment, and it must be otherwise established.","path":["TITLE 10 Commerce and Trade","CHAPTER 6 Agency","Article 3 Rights and Liabilities of Principal to Third Persons"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.10.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"bfdeb944bcd083241765d4d0b028fdab0fdd8ba52405f4b625b8d7747ba6b3fd","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-6-56","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-6-58"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}