O.C.G.A.
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.”
History
Code 1981, § 44-12-190, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1506, § 1.
Annotations
Law reviews. For note analyzing Georgia’s disposition
of Unclaimed Property Act, see 24 Mercer L. Rev. 505 (1973). For annual survey article discussing commercial and banking law, see 49 Mercer L. Rev. 95 (1997).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms. 1 Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Abandoned, Lost, and Unclaimed Property, §§ 2, 18. U.L.A. Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (U.L.A.) § 30. ALR. Rights in respect of lost, mislaid, or
abandoned property as between finder and person upon whose property it is found, 170 A.L.R. 706. Validity, construction, and application of state statutes implementing the uniform unclaimed property act or its predecessor - modern status, 29 A.L.R.6th 507.
Notes of Decisions
Lonner v. Simon Prop. Grp., Inc., 57 A.D.3d 100 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008).
“, 281 Ga 744, 744, 642 SE2d 687, 689 [2007] [purchasers of Simon gift cards seek “damages resulting from the dormancy fees and expiration dates, alleging violations of the Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (DUPA), OCGA § 44-12-190 et seq.”]). Because the Supreme Court…”
Simon Prop. Grp., Inc. v. Benson, 628 S.E.2d 697 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
· cites it 2× “’s (collectively, “Simon”) application for interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s order denying their motion to dismiss the complaint of Betty Benson and others 1 (“plaintiffs”) for alleged violations of the Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (“the DUPA”), *278 OCGA §…”
Benson v. Simon Prop. Grp., Inc., 642 S.E.2d 687 (Ga. 2007).
· cites it 2× “On December 8, 2004, they brought suit against Holder for damages resulting from the dormancy fees and expiration dates, alleging violations of the Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (DUPA), OCGA § 44-12-190 et seq. The complaint has four counts which incorporate or repeat…”
First Union Nat. Bank of Ga v. Collins, 471 S.E.2d 892 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996).
· cites it 2× “After a designated number of years, the funds represented by these unpresented checks escheated to the State pursuant to the Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, OCGA § 44-12-190 et seq. (hereinafter “UPA”).”
Simon Prop. Grp. v. Benson, 648 S.E.2d 422 (Ga. Ct. App. 2007).
· cites it 2× “Simon Property Group, 1 the Supreme Court affirmed our decision that the plaintiffs’ complaint failed to state a claim for violations of the Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (the “DUPA”), OCGA § 44-12-190 et seq. 2 The Court noted that, to the extent that the plaintiffs…”
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