Any consumer who is a party to a one-to-four family residential real estate transaction or a consumer debtor or a trustee of a consumer debtor in a bankruptcy case that involves a one-to-four family residential real property who is damaged by a violation of this article or a violation of the Supreme Court's rules or opinions governing the unlicensed practice of law shall be entitled to maintain a civil action to recover damages, treble damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and expenses of litigation. A claim for a violation of this Code section shall be asserted in an individual action only and shall not be the subject of a class action under Code Section 9-11-23. This Code section shall not prevent the activities authorized by Code Section 15-19-52, 15-19-53, 15-19-54, 15-19-59, or 43-40-25.1.
(Code 1981, §15-19-60, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 550, § 1/HB 153.)
Law reviews.- For article on the 2015 enactment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 33 (2015).
CHAPTER 20 LAW SCHOOL LEGAL AID AGENCIESSec.
- Use of third-year law students and law school staff instructors as legal assistants in criminal proceedings, § 15-18-22.
Law reviews.- For article, "See One, Do One, Teach One: Dissecting the Use of Medical Education's Signature Pedagogy in the Law School Curriculum," see 26 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 361 (2010). For article, "Class Warfare: The Disappearance of Low-Income Litigants from the Civil Docket," see 65 Emory L.J. 1531 (2016).