Civil Code of Georgia

This document presents the Civil Code that legislates the property, family and personal relations of the citizens of Georgia.

The document is divided into six books that comprehensively lay down laws on different civil aspect as follows:

• General provisions that define the scope of the law and the terms used;
• Issues of ownership and other rights of the citizens;
• Law on obligations originated through contracts or on other lawful grounds;
• Law on intellectual property with emphasis on copyright;
• Laws regulating marriage, relationship with parents, children, and other relatives;
• Law on various aspects of succession.

The document concludes with articles that present transitional and concluding provisions of the Civil Code, some of which are:

• Laws that would stand invalidated before the civil code entered into force on November 25, 1997;
• Applicability of the Code based on time of origin of contracts or relationships;
• Legal entities of private and public law;
• Actions to be taken before the introduction of the Code.