{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-7-1-7","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 7-1-7","heading":"Publication of notices or advertisements.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, any notice or advertisement required by this chapter to be published in a newspaper shall be published once a week for four weeks in the newspaper which is, on the date of the first such publication, the official organ (as determined pursuant to Code Section 9-13-142) of the county which is or is to be the location of the main office of the financial institution.\n(b) The department may waive or modify any requirement to publish a notice:\n(1) In order to facilitate a merger, consolidation, or sale of assets when one of the parties is a failed or failing bank as determined by the commissioner;\n(2) Whenever it determines that the public benefit is not significantly served by a second or subsequent publication in a situation where a series of transactions would otherwise require multiple publications;\n(3) Where a similar publication required by another state or federal regulator serves substantially the same purpose;\n(4) By regulation or order, whenever it determines that a lesser number of publications will reduce administrative burden and will adequately serve the public benefit of the notice; or\n(5) For other reasons of regulatory parity.\n(c) The department may require proof of publication or modified publication having been completed prior to consummation of the underlying transaction.","path":["TITLE 7 Banking And Finance","CHAPTER 1 Financial Institutions","Article 1 Provisions Applicable to Department of Banking and Finance and Financial Institutions Generally","PART 1 Purposes and Preliminary Matters"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.07.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":"1e9437916e2ccb70aab5ed0f198773599d0b201088fcdf07bb5d5806ef543949","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-7-1-6","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-7-1-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}