Updated August 7, 2026. Quick answer: every figure Clear Money Guide holds about Georgia, on one page, each one copied from a dataset that cites its own statute or agency. Built for reporters on deadline — take any line, follow the link for the source.
What stands out about Georgia
These are the figures where Georgia differs most from the rest of the country — selected by counting how many jurisdictions share each value, not by editorial preference.
- Return deadline: 30 days after the landlord obtains possession of the premises — the only jurisdiction of the 51 we have data for
- Disclosure trigger: none identified — the only jurisdiction of the 51 we have data for
- Annuity limit: $300,000 present value, but not more than $250,000 in net cash surrender/withdrawal values — the only jurisdiction of the 47 we have data for
- Grace period days: Not less than 30 days — one of only 2 of 47
What dying costs here
- Small estate limit: 15000
- Small estate scope: unstated
Source and full detail: the cost-of-dying index. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Estate and property law status
- Authorized: no
- Statute or act: No permanent RON statute in force. HB 334 (2021-2022) would have made RON permanent post-pandemic but DIED 2022-04-04 after House/Senate disagreement, largely over whether RON could be used for real estate closings. A successor, HB 289 (2025-2026), was still in committee as of the most recent evi…
- Conditions: Not applicable – no permanent RON authority currently exists. Georgia’s only prior RON authority was via the Governor’s COVID-19 state-of-emergency Executive Orders, which LAPSED with the end of the declared emergency. Secondary reporting described HB 289 implementation as targeted for 2027 if en…
- Association name: Georgia Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association
- Death benefit limit: $300,000
- Cash surrender limit: $100,000
- Annuity limit: $300,000 present value, but not more than $250,000 in net cash surrender/withdrawal values
- Aggregate limit: $300,000
- Statute citation: O.C.G.A. § 33-38-7(a)(12) (Georgia Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act)
- Free look days: 10 days
- Trigger: receipt of the policy or contract – but Georgia defines constructive receipt by statute
- Refund basis: Refund of the premium paid; on return the policy or contract ‘shall be void from the beginning and the parties shall be in the same position as if no policy or contract had been issued’
- Grace period days: Not less than 30 days
- Coverage during grace: The policy continues in force; if a claim arises during the grace period, the amount of any premium due or overdue may be deducted from any amount payable under the policy in settlement
Source and full detail: notary rules by state · guaranty association limits · life insurance free-look periods · life insurance grace periods. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Working and earning here
- Has law: No
- Disclosure trigger: none identified
- Local ordinances: none identified
- Authority: statute and department guidance
- Contested: no
- Statute citation: O.C.G.A. § 48-7-30(a); O.C.G.A. § 48-7-1(11)(A)
Source and full detail: pay transparency laws by state · paid family leave by state · the convenience-of-the-employer rule. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Renting here
- Return deadline: 30 days after the landlord obtains possession of the premises
- Interest required: no
- Statute citation: O.C.G.A. 44-7-30 through 44-7-37
Source and full detail: security deposit law by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Starting a business here
- Annual report: $50 online / $60 paper annual registration
- Publication requirement: none identified
- Expedite options: Two business days $100; same day $250; one hour $1,000; annual registration by mail two-business-day expedite $50
- Statute citation: O.C.G.A. 14-11-1101 (LLC fees) — NOT READ; figures above are from the Secretary of State’s published pages
Source and full detail: LLC cost by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Tax treatment here
- Has law: Yes
- Treatment: ordinary income
- Rate: 5.19% flat
- Preferential mechanism: none
- Tax year: 2025
- Statute citation: O.C.G.A. § 48-7-20
Source and full detail: capital gains tax by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
For journalists: how to cite this
Clear Money Guide, Georgia Money Statistics 2026. https://clearmoneyguide.com/state-money-statistics/georgia/. Every figure on this page is copied from a Clear Money Guide dataset that states its own primary source and the date it was read — follow the section links for the statute or agency behind any number. Free to reuse with attribution under CC BY 4.0.
What this sheet does and does not contain
This sheet aggregates; it does not research. Every figure is copied from the owning page linked in each section, and a figure we do not own is simply absent — not estimated, not inferred from a neighbouring state. That is why sheets differ in length: this one states 35 figures, and a state where we hold less will show fewer. A short sheet means we have less, not that the state has less.
Statutory law changes. Each linked owner page carries the date its figures were read; check there before relying on anything here. See also Georgia financial adviser statistics and all 51 state money sheets.
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