Georgia HOA Guides & Resources
Everything we publish for Georgia boards — verification guides, state law, and the full management-company directory.
The essentials
Manager licensing
Georgia does not license or register management companies as business entities. However, individual community association managers working for compensation are required to hold a Community Association Manager (CAM) license issued by the Georgia Real Estate Commission (GREC) under O.C.G.A. Title 43, Chapter 40. The CAM license — one of four license types GREC issues — requires a 25-hour pre-license course, a state examination, and renewal every four years with 36 hours of continuing education. Full-time employees of a property owner or the association itself managing only that entity's property may qualify for an exemption. Management company firms as entities are not separately licensed at the state level.
Governing law
Two state statutes provide the primary legal framework for Georgia community associations. The Georgia Property Owners' Association Act (O.C.G.A. §§ 44-3-220 through 44-3-235) governs homeowners associations but is structured as an opt-in law — no HOA is automatically subject to it. An association must affirmatively elect coverage by recording a declaration or amending its existing governing documents. For condominium communities, the Georgia Condominium Act (Title 44, Chapter 3, Article 3) is mandatory, not elective, and applies to residential condominiums established after October 1, 1975. Both statutes address assessment collection, lien rights, foreclosure authority, and amendment procedures, but neither statute creates a state registry of associations or a state licensing program for management companies.