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Lease problems, security deposits, property damage, and rental disputes can quickly become frustrating. DocDraft helps Georgia landlords and tenants understand their options, prepare personalized legal documents, and take the next step toward a resolution.
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Resolve rental issues with greater confidence.
Whether you own a rental property or live in one, you deserve a straightforward way to address legal issues without starting from scratch.
Understand your rights and responsibilities
Get help navigating the issues affecting your rental property or lease.
Prepare the documents you need
Draft personalized notices, agreements, and letters based on your situation.
Take action on your own terms
Work toward a resolution independently, with professional legal support available when needed.
What can we help you with?
Lease Agreements
Prepare residential lease documents and clarify the terms of a rental arrangement.
Lease Termination
Understand and document steps involved in ending a lease or rental relationship.
Security Deposit Disputes
Address withheld deposits, disputed deductions, and requests for repayment.
Repairs & Maintenance
Document repair requests, maintenance concerns, and related communications.
Property Damage
Address disagreements about damage, responsibility, and potential reimbursement.
Rent & Lease Violations
Prepare relevant notices and correspondence involving unpaid rent or alleged violations.
How it works
Describe your rental issue
Tell DocDraft whether you’re a landlord or tenant and explain what’s happening.
Prepare your legal documents
Get help drafting a letter, notice, agreement, or other relevant document based on your answers.
Work toward a resolution
Review your documents, communicate your position, and understand when additional legal help may be useful.
- Tell me what happened.
- The heater in my Georgia rental has been broken for three weeks.
- Which Georgia county is this in?
- Fulton County
- What would you like this document to do?
- A written repair request that lists my earlier messages.
- Repair request letterFirst draft ready to review
I am writing to request repair of the heater, which has not worked for three weeks despite my earlier messages.
Understanding landlord-tenant law in Georgia
Georgia law establishes rights and responsibilities for both residential landlords and tenants. A 2024 law, often called the Safe at Home Act, added protections for leases entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024, including a requirement that rentals be fit for human habitation and a cap on security deposits of two months' rent.
An eviction in Georgia is called a dispossessory proceeding and is usually filed in magistrate court. For leases entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024, before filing for unpaid rent, a landlord generally must give the tenant a written notice to vacate or pay all that is owed within at least three business days, posted on the door in a sealed envelope and also sent in any way the lease provides. A tenant who is served with a dispossessory generally has seven days to answer.
In many situations, written communication and good documentation are important first steps.
A landlord generally must return the security deposit within 30 days after regaining possession of the rental, with a written statement of the reasons for any amount kept. A landlord may not keep any part of the deposit for normal wear and tear.
The appropriate action depends on the lease, the property, and the facts of the dispute.
Bring your draft. Ask your questions.
Some questions call for more than paperwork. Explore document review and consultation options with a licensed attorney.
12. Security deposit. Landlord will refund the deposit, less deductions for damage beyond normal wear and tear1, within 30 days after Landlord regains possession of the premises, with a written statement of the reasons for any amount withheld.
Does carpet wear from two years of normal living count as damage?
18. Default. If rent is unpaid, Landlord may give Tenant written notice to vacate or pay all that is owed within at least three business days2; if Tenant does not pay or move out within that time, Landlord may file a dispossessory action.
Do weekends count toward the three business days in my notice?
Your questions, answered
Get your rental issue moving toward a resolution.
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