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Georgia Contract Templates

Free Georgia templates: Independent Contractor Agreement, Non-Compete Agreement, Employment Offer Letter, Residential Lease Agreement and LLC Operating Agreement. Each comes with the Georgia rules that apply and their citations. Download the free template, or get one drafted for your situation.

  • Georgia Independent Contractor Agreement

    Updated for O.C.G.A. § 34-8-35

    Presumed employee for unemployment
    Georgia starts from a presumption of employment for unemployment tax. You must show the worker is free from your control both under the contract and in fact, using statutory factors such as freedom to work for others, set their own schedule, and accept or reject assignments without consequence.
    Restrictive covenants act covers contractors
    Georgia's Restrictive Covenants Act treats independent contractors as employees for its purposes. Non-competes and non-solicits generally must be in writing and reasonable in time, geography and scope; a post-term restriction of two years or less is presumed reasonable, and non-competes are allowed only for certain types of workers.
    Different laws, different tests
    A worker treated as a contractor for unemployment purposes may still be an employee for workers' compensation, wage-hour or tax purposes, which use their own control-based tests. Review the actual working relationship, not just the contract, before relying on contractor status.
    Georgia rules and free template

  • Georgia Non-Compete Agreement

    Updated for RCA

    Are employee non-competes enforceable?
    Yes, for agreements made on or after May 11, 2011, if reasonable in time, area and scope and signed by an eligible employee: sales staff, managers, key employees or professionals.
    Governing law
    Georgia Restrictive Covenants Act, O.C.G.A. § 13-8-50 et seq.; courts may modify (blue-pencil) overbroad covenants.
    Salary or wage threshold
    No salary threshold. Instead, post-employment non-competes are limited to employees who solicit customers, make sales, manage two or more employees with hiring input, or are key employees or professionals.
    Georgia rules and free template

  • Georgia Employment Offer Letter

    Updated for O.C.G.A. § 34-7-1

    At-will employment
    Yes, by statute. An indefinite hiring may be ended at will by either party, with or without cause.
    Pay-range disclosure
    No statewide pay-range law for private employers.
    Salary-history ban
    No. Georgia has no statute restricting salary-history questions; bills have been introduced but not enacted.
    Georgia rules and free template

  • Georgia Residential Lease Agreement

    Updated for Safe at Home Act

    Security deposit cap
    Two months' rent for leases entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024 (Safe at Home Act).
    Georgia rules and free template

  • Georgia LLC Operating Agreement

    Updated for O.C.G.A. § 14-11

    Governing statute
    Georgia Limited Liability Company Act.
    Operating agreement required?
    Not required, and it may be written or oral. But many defaults can be changed only by the articles or a written operating agreement, so an oral deal may not override them.
    Annual or biennial report
    Annual registration: $60 ($50 fee + $10 service charge), due January 1–April 1 each year starting the year after formation; $25 late penalty.
    Georgia rules and free template

Templates that work in Georgia and every other state