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HB270 • 2025

Eviction Service and Airplane Evictions Act; enact

Eviction Service and Airplane Evictions Act; enact

Housing
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Reeves, Matt
Last action
2025-05-14
Official status
House Date Signed by Governor
Effective date
Not listed

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.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-14 Georgia General Assembly

    House Date Signed by Governor

Official Summary Text

Eviction Service and Airplane Evictions Act; enact