Georgia § 51-12-72 - Written transfer agreement required.

§ 51-12-72. Written transfer agreement required.

Any transfer agreement of structured settlement payment rights must, in addition to the other requirements of this article, be executed in writing and filed as provided in Code Section 51-12-71. The transfer agreement shall not be so executed until after the expiration of the ten-day period provided for in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Code Section 51-12-71. No payee shall incur any obligation of any type with respect to a proposed transfer of structured settlement payment rights prior to the execution in writing of the transfer agreement. Any payee who executes in writing a transfer agreement shall have the right to rescind the transfer at any time within the next 21 days following the written execution of the transfer agreement or at the hearing provided for in subsection (b) of Code Section 51-12-71 , whichever event occurs last. The transferee shall furnish to the payee at the time of execution of the transfer agreement a notice to the payee allowing the payee 21 days to cancel the transfer. This right to cancel shall not limit or otherwise affect the payee's right to cancel pursuant to any other provision of applicable law. The notice shall serve as the cover sheet to the transfer documents. It shall be on a separate sheet of paper with no other written or pictorial material, in at least ten-point bold type, double spaced, and shall read substantially as follows: Please read this form completely and carefully. It contains valuable cancellation rights. You may cancel this transaction at any time prior to 5:00 P.M. of the twenty-first day following receipt of this notice or at the hearing on the application for authorization of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights, whichever event occurs last. This cancellation right cannot be waived in any manner. __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ______________________________ (Code 1981, § 51-12-72 , enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 853, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 51; Ga. L. 2003, p. 140, § 51; Ga. L. 2003, p. 820, § 8; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 46/SB 148.) "NOTICE OF CANCELLATION RIGHTS: To cancel, sign this form, and mail or deliver it to the address below by 5:00 P.M. of (the twenty-first day following the transaction) . It is best to mail it by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested, and to keep a photocopy of the signed form and your post office receipt. Address to which cancellation is to be returned. I (we) hereby cancel this transaction. Payee's Signature Date The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, revised the form in subsection (c). Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2003, "of subsection (a)" was inserted following "(3)" in the last sentence of subsection (a). Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000. Ga. L. 2003, p. 820, § 9, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act "shall be applicable to all civil actions filed on or after July 1, 2003." Law reviews. - For note on the 2003 amendment to this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 28 (2003).