§ 50-5-65 - Transfer of personal property titles to effectuate lease purchases; authority; form - Georgia Statutes

O.C.G.A. 50-5-65 (2010)
50-5-65. Transfer of personal property titles to effectuate lease purchases; authority; form

(a) The Department of Administrative Services is authorized to make transfers of title to personal property titled in the name of any department, agency, or institution of the state to private individuals, corporations, or firms for the purpose of effectuating lease purchases of such property between the owning department, agency, or institution and the private individuals, corporations, or firms. Transfers of title shall be made only in conjunction with the execution of a lease purchase agreement between an agency, department, or institution of the state and the transferee acquiring title; and the agreement shall be consummated on the standard agreement form developed pursuant to Code Section 50-5-64.

(b) The departments, agencies, and institutions of the state are authorized to accept the title to property, subject to a contract for lease purchase or installment purchase, upon execution of the aforementioned standard agreement by the Department of Administrative Services; and the department is authorized to transfer title back to the vendor in the name of the department, agency, or institution in the event that the agreement is not fully consummated.