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2018 Georgia Code 53-2-50 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
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TITLE 53 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Section 2. Descent and Distribution, 53-2-1 through 53-2-51.

ARTICLE 5 ESCHEAT

53-2-50. Definition.

As used in this article, the term "escheat" is the reversion of property to the state upon a failure of heirs of a decedent to appear and make claim for or against property owned by the decedent at death for which no other disposition was provided either by will or otherwise.

(Code 1981, §53-2-50, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.)

COMMENT

Former Title 53 contained no definition of the term "escheat".

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 27A Am. Jur. 2d, Escheat, §§ 1 et seq., 10 et seq., 20 et seq., 40 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 33 C.J.S., Executors and Administrators, § 7. 34 C.J.S., Executors and Administrators, § 503.

ALR.

- Amendment of claim against decedent's estate after expiration of time for filing claims, 56 A.L.R.2d 627.

Validity, and applicability to causes of action not already barred, of a statute enlarging limitation period, 79 A.L.R.2d 1080.

Statute of limitations: effect of delay in appointing administrator or other representative on cause of action accruing at or after death of person in whose favor it would have accrued, 28 A.L.R.3d 1141.

Settlement negotiations as estopping reliance on statute of limitations, 39 A.L.R.3d 127.

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