Georgia Post-Expiration Demand for Possession
Georgia Post-Expiration Demand for Possession
Before use: This demand addresses a tenant still in possession after a fixed lease term has ended under a residential lease entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024. Check the lease's renewal and holdover terms and whether later conduct created or extended a tenancy. Use the separate nonrenewal or termination notice when one is still needed. This form does not demand rent or provide the separate notice for a nonpayment filing.
Date: [__/__/____]
To tenant or other person in possession: [FULL NAME(S)]
Premises: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, GEORGIA ZIP]
From owner or authorized agent: [FULL NAME AND CAPACITY]
Return address and contact: [ADDRESS, PHONE, EMAIL]
Demand
The written lease for the Premises dated [__/__/____] ended on [__/__/____]. The tenant remains in possession. The owner demands that the tenant deliver possession of the Premises to [NAME AND DELIVERY ADDRESS] by [DATE AND TIME].
The basis for this demand is the tenant's continued possession beyond the lease term under O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50(a). The lease provisions governing expiration, renewal, and holdover are [SECTION NUMBERS AND RELEVANT TERMS]. The owner has [DESCRIBE ANY EARLIER NONRENEWAL OR TERMINATION NOTICE, ITS DATE, AND DELIVERY; OR STATE NONE].
If possession is refused or not delivered after this demand, the owner may seek possession through a dispossessory proceeding. This demand does not itself remove anyone or authorize changing locks or interrupting services.
Owner or authorized agent signature: [SIGNATURE]
Printed name and capacity: [NAME AND ROLE]
Date signed: [__/__/____]
Delivery record
O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50(d) addresses delivery of a demand under subsection (a). Complete both parts below and retain the supporting records.
☐ I posted this demand inside a sealed envelope conspicuously on the door of the Premises on [__/__/____] at [TIME]. Door used: [DESCRIPTION].
Additional method or methods agreed in the rental agreement: [QUOTE OR SUMMARIZE THE DELIVERY CLAUSE; IF NONE, STATE NONE].
☐ I also delivered the demand by every additional agreed method: [METHOD, RECIPIENT OR ADDRESS, DATE AND TIME, AND PROOF FOR EACH].
Person who completed delivery: [NAME]
Signature: [SIGNATURE] Date: [__/__/____]
Official sources
About this template
- Last updated
- November 5, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 5, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50(a), (d), as amended by 2024 Ga. Laws Act 392 (H.B. 404)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 5, 2026.
O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50(a), 2024 H.B. 404 § 5 (checked November 5, 2026): "In all cases when a tenant holds possession of lands or tenements over and beyond the term for which they were rented or leased to such tenant or fails to pay the rent when it becomes due and in all cases when lands or tenements are held and occupied by any tenant at will or sufferance, whether under contract of rent or not, when the owner of such lands or tenements desires possession of such lands or tenements"
O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50(d), 2024 H.B. 404 § 5 (checked November 5, 2026): "The demand for possession notice under subsection (a) of this Code section or the three-day notice to vacate or pay under subsection (c) of this Code section shall be posted in a sealed envelope conspicuously on the door of the property and delivered via any additional method or methods agreed upon in the rental agreement."
2024 H.B. 404 § 6 (applicability) (checked November 5, 2026): "This Act shall apply to residential lease agreements that are entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024."
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