Safe at Home Act, applicable to covered leases entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024.
State guidance uses the relevant termination and move-out/surrender timeline.
Tenant review window is generally five business days on request.
Normal use without negligence, carelessness, accident or abuse is excluded.
Georgia charge guides
These pages are indexable because the legal layer has been checked against Georgia DCA/Attorney General materials, current statute text and the General Assembly’s Safe at Home Act materials.
Security Deposit
Georgia security deposit limits, return timing, deductions, inspections and key small-landlord exceptions.
Open guide →Two-Month Deposit Limit
Georgia’s two-month security-deposit cap under the Safe at Home Act.
Open guide →30-Day Deposit Rule
Understand Georgia’s 30-day security-deposit return and written deduction framework.
Open guide →Move-Out Inspection
Georgia’s three-business-day landlord inspection and five-business-day tenant review process for covered rentals.
Open guide →Move-Out Charges
Review Georgia cleaning, damage, utility and other post-move-out charges against the deposit rules.
Open guide →Ordinary Wear & Tear
Understand why ordinary wear cannot be charged against a Georgia security deposit.
Open guide →Damage List & Dissent
Why a Georgia tenant should carefully review and specifically dispute a move-out damage list when the inspection statute applies.
Open guide →The small-landlord exception matters
Georgia § 44-7-36 exempts some natural-person owners with ten or fewer rental units from specific escrow, inspection and remedy sections when they self-manage without a paid third-party manager. RentBillCheck therefore does not present the move-out inspection procedure as universal to every Georgia rental.
Core sources
Official Georgia renter/landlord handbook covering security deposits, inspection procedures, refund timing and ordinary wear.
Georgia Attorney General — Consumer EdRenting an Apartment or House ↗Official consumer guidance on deposits, move-out deductions and the 30-day refund framework.
Georgia General Assembly2024 End of Session Report — HB 404 Safe at Home Act ↗Official legislative summary confirming the two-month security-deposit cap for covered leases entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024.
Current Georgia Code text mirrorO.C.G.A. § 44-7-33 — damage lists and inspection ↗Current statutory text for move-in damage lists, move-out inspections, tenant review and dissent. Cross-checked against Georgia DCA guidance.
Current Georgia Code text mirrorO.C.G.A. § 44-7-34 — return and deductions ↗Current statutory text for 30-day return, written retention reasons and ordinary-wear exclusion. Cross-checked against official Georgia guidance.
Current Georgia Code text mirrorO.C.G.A. § 44-7-36 — limited exemptions ↗Current statutory text for the limited exemption affecting some inspection/escrow/remedy provisions for certain small self-managed landlords.