Just cause eviction rules in Macon, GA — sometimes called tenant protection or "for cause" eviction ordinances — list the specific legal reasons a landlord can end a tenancy.
Georgia law uniformly governs landlord-tenant evictions through dispossessory proceedings without any just-cause requirement, and local just-cause ordinances are unauthorized.
Georgia's dispossessory statute, O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50 through 44-7-59, governs all residential evictions and does not require landlords to show cause beyond expiration of the term, nonpayment of rent, or holdover. Tenants at will may be terminated with 60 days' notice from the landlord and 30 days from the tenant under O.C.G.A. § 44-7-7. Georgia is a Dillon's Rule state, and absent a state grant of authority, municipalities cannot impose just-cause eviction limits on private landlords.
Landlords who file dispossessory actions without proper notice or grounds face dismissal and tenant counterclaims, but no penalties exist for terminating tenancies without cause where notice is proper.
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