Plain English Breakdown
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Eviction Service and Airplane Evictions Act
This law changes rules for serving eviction papers in Georgia courts and allows judges to pause or delay eviction cases involving tenants at certain airports.
What This Bill Does
- Amends state laws to allow approved process servers to deliver legal summons for evictions.
- Provides a way for courts to continue (pause) or stay (delay) proceedings related to the eviction of tenants at certain airports.
- Adds definitions needed to apply these new rules.
- Repeals any existing laws that conflict with these changes.
Who It Names or Affects
- Tenants living in housing located at certain airports
- Landlords who file eviction cases against those tenants
- Approved process servers who deliver legal documents
Terms To Know
- Continuance and stay of proceedings
- A court order that pauses or delays a legal case for a period of time.
- Process server
- A person approved by the state to officially deliver legal papers like summons to people involved in a lawsuit.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not list which specific airports are covered.
- The summary does not explain exactly how long an airport tenant's case can be paused or what conditions must be met to get a delay.