O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 53-12-151 (2019)

Deeds to interests in property

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The owners of property located in this state or persons desiring to acquire beneficial ownership of such property may create by deed an estate therein and in the improvements made thereon and in the property to be acquired, for the benefit of themselves and such other persons, whether sui juris or not, who may contribute to the improvement or development or acquisition of the property and their assigns or transferees, provided that the deed creating the estate shall provide for the improvement or development of the property covered thereby or for the acquisition of the property and the trustee therein named, and his or her successor shall have some active duty to perform in and about the trust property or the management or control of the same. The deed creating the estate shall be recorded as provided in Code Section

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor's notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Code 1933, §§ 108-111 and 108-112, and O.C.G.A. § 53-12-51 of the 1991 Trust Act are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Cited in Erskine v. Klein, 218 Ga. 112, 126 S.E.2d 755 (1962); Ovrevik v. Ovrevik, 242 Ga. App. 95, 527 S.E.2d 586 (2000).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 76 Am. Jur. 2d, Trusts, §§ 60, 61.

C.J.S. - 26A C.J.S., Deeds, §§ 25, 26.