Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 9, effective January 1, 1998, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this article, which consisted of §§ 44-5-190 through44-5-199 and was based on Ga. L. 1984, p. 1124, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 44. For new provisions concerning escheat, see Title 53, Chapter 2, Article 5.

Ga. L. 1984, p. 1124, § 1, effective March 29, 1984, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this article, which consisted of §§ 44-5-190 through44-5-195 and was based on Laws 1801, Cobbs 1851 Digest, pp 251, 254; Laws 1805, Cobbs 1851 Digest, p 252; Laws 1817, Cobbs 1851 Digest, p 254; Laws 1836, Cobbs 1851 Digest, p 255; Orig. Code 1863, §§ 2627, 2630-2633; Code 1868, §§ 2627, 2630-2633; Code 1873, §§ 2669, 2671-2674; Code 1882, §§ 2669, 2671-2674; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3575, 3577-3580; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4155, 4157-4160; Ga. L. 1917, p 101, § 2; Code 1933, §§ 85-1101, 85-1103 - 85-1108.