Georgia § 30-4-3 - Right to housing accommodations.
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§ 30-4-3. Right to housing accommodations.
Blind persons, visually disabled persons, physically disabled persons, and deaf persons shall be entitled to rent, lease, or purchase, as other members of the general public, all housing accommodations offered for rent, lease, or other compensation in this state, subject to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons. Every totally or partially blind person, every physically disabled person, and every deaf person who has a guide dog or service dog or who obtains a guide dog or service dog and every person engaged in the training of a guide dog or service dog shall be entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations provided for in this Code section, and he or she shall not be required to pay extra compensation for such guide dog or service dog. However, he or she shall be liable for any damage done to the premises by such guide dog or service dog. Nothing in this Code section shall require any person renting, leasing, or otherwise providing real property for compensation to modify his or her property in any way or provide a higher degree of care for a blind, visually disabled, physically disabled, or deaf person than for a person who is not so disabled. (Ga. L. 1955, p. 155, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1639, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1131, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1302, § 14; Ga. L. 1996, p. 665, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 512, § 2; Code 1981, § 30-4-3 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1350, § 1.) Cross references. - Discrimination in sale, lease, financing, of housing (state policy on fair housing) generally, § 8-3-200 et seq. Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1350, § 1, redesignated former Code Section 30-4-3 as present Code Section 30-4-4.
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What does Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 30-4-3 cover?
Section 30-4-3 ("Right to housing accommodations.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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