In accordance with the national scope and intent of the United States relative to educational loans as expressed in the federal act, lenders and the corporation are authorized to accept and rely upon a student's or parent's certification of his or her state of legal residence unless the lender or the corporation has and is aware of knowledge to the contrary.
(Code 1933, § 32-3334, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 835, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 735, § 27; Ga. L. 1995, p. 961, § 5.)