Negligent security after SB 68
New rules for injuries caused by crimes on someone else’s property.
Last updated: October 6, 2026
What changed
Claims against property owners for crimes by third parties (for example, an assault in an apartment parking lot) now have specific elements. For invitees, the crime must have been reasonably foreseeable, the injury a foreseeable result, the crime linked to a known dangerous condition on the property, and the owner must have failed to use ordinary care.
Owners don’t have to act as the police. The jury must divide fault between the owner and the criminal, and the law presumes a split is unreasonable if the criminal gets less fault than the owner. Certain defenses also apply, for example when the injury happened off the premises or in a single-family home.
Prior robberies at the same lot and broken lights the manager knew about may show foreseeability and a known dangerous condition. The jury would then divide fault between the property and the robber.
Illustration only, with made-up facts. Your case depends on its own facts.
Questions
Does this apply to older incidents?
These rules apply to claims that arose on or after April 21, 2025. Earlier incidents follow prior Georgia law.
Official sources
Look up each section in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (free public access). Laws change; always read the current text.
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