{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-7-73","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-7-73","heading":"When tender of payment by tenant serves as complete defense.","body":"In an action for nonpayment of rent, the tenant shall be allowed to tender to the landlord, within seven days of the day the tenant was served with the summons pursuant to Code Section 44-7-72, all rents allegedly owed plus the cost of the distress warrant. Such a tender shall be a complete defense to the action.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 7 Landlord and Tenant","Article 4 Distress Warrants"],"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":"81d77cdd0a2e45d4bd937e5d2e19682835779d7f8a3ebaf0f58168f6ce071bb1","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-7-72","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-7-74"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}