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O.C.G.A. § 53-13-1 (2019)

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History

Code 1981, § 53-13-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 1089, § 1/SB 301.

Annotations

Editor's notes. - The former chapter, pertaining to trustees, consisting of Code Sections 53-13-1 to 53-13-34 (Article 1), 53-13-50 to 53-13-85 (Article 2), 53-13-100 to 53-13-104 (Part 1 of Article 3), and 53-13-120 to 53-13-126 (Part 2 of Article 3) was based on Ga. L. 1901, p. 57, § 1; Ga. L. 1908, p. 72, § 10; Civil Code 1910, §§ 462, 3765; Ga. L. 1918, p. 234, § 2; Ga. L. 1919, p. 384, § 2; Code 1933, §§ 49-218, 108-305, 108-420; Ga. L. 1939, p. 366, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 178, §§ 2, 5; Ga. L. 1959, p. 175, § 1; Ga. L. 1965, p. 232, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1474, § 7; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 53; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 53; Ga. L. 1989, p. 364, § 4. For present law on trustees, see Chapter 12 of Title 53.

Law reviews. - For article on the 2018 enactment of this chapter, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 204 (2018).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1982–1987 · leading case: Smith v. Hawks, 355 S.E.2d 669 (Ga. Ct. App. 1987).
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Smith v. Hawks, 355 S.E.2d 669 (Ga. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 4× “See OCGA § 53-13-1. However, the Bank and Trust's ostensible acceptance of a trusteeship in 1979 cannot give rise to a valid trust if, as a matter of law, no such valid trust was then capable of being created by the Corporation.”
Merritt v. Citizens Trust Bank, 298 S.E.2d 264 (Ga. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “We do not have copies of the deeds in the record; however, Citizens Trust recites in the 1971 complaint that the instruments conveyed interest in trust to the bank.”
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