{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-12-40","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-12-40","heading":"“Bailment” defined.","body":"A bailment is a delivery of goods or property upon a contract, express or implied, to carry out the execution of a special object beneficial either to the bailor or bailee or both and to dispose of the property in conformity with the purpose of the trust.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 12 Rights in Personalty","Article 3 Bailments","PART 1 In General"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.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":"622650df61c451615058dc96f94f5be6c5cd368064c9bc4068fca3d578df67e3","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-12-24","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-12-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}