O.C.G.A. § 53-5-71 (2019)
Applicability of article
This article applies to registrations of securities in beneficiary form made before or after July 1, 1999, by decedents dying on or after July 1, 1999.
History
Code 1981, § 53-5-71, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 805, § 1.
CHAPTER 6 ADMINISTRATORS AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES Sec.
Article 1 General Provisions Sec.
Eligibility. Executor de son tort.
Article 2
Appointment
Nomination by testator. Qualification. Declination. Appointment by court. Selection by beneficiaries. Petition for letters of administration with will annexed. Oath or affirmation of executor and administrator with will annexed.
Article 3
Letters of Administration
Selection or appointment of administrator. Petition to court; contents. Notice. Issuance. Oath or affirmation of administrator. Article 4
Article 6 Bond
Temporary Administration
Power of court; appointment of administrator; appeal. Power of administrator. Oath or affirmation of temporary administrator. Article 5
County Administrators
Appointment. Qualifications and compensation. Term; vacancies; discharge of
duties after expiration of term or removal from office; resignation. Administration of unrepresented estate by county administrator. Administration or unrepresented estate by clerk of superior court. Separate letters of administration; governing law; appointment for sole purpose of commencing or continuing lawsuit against estate. Bond. Power of court to revoke letters of administration, require additional security, or pass other order. Proceedings to require additional security. Settlement of estate without administration.
Persons required to give. Requisites. Reduction. Personal representative qualified to serve without, or not otherwise legally required to give, bond. Recordation and custody. Article 7 Compensation
Amount. Expenses. Extra compensation. Compensation from business enterprise. Compensation to temporary administrator.
Annotations
Cross references. - Time limitation on actions against administrators and executors, § 9-3-27. Petitions for declaratory judgments involving acts by executors and administrators, questions arising in administration of estates or trusts, § 9-4-4. Jurisdiction of judge of probate court to grant administration on estates generally, § 15-9-31. Editor’s notes. - This chapter was effective January 1, 1998, to the extent that no vested rights of title, year’s support, succession, or inheritance are impaired, as provided by the version of Code Section 53-1-1 enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, as amended by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 1. Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, effective January 1, 1998, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter, and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of §§ 53-6-1 through 53-6-151, and was based on Laws 1764, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 302, 304, 305; Laws 1784, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 304; Laws 1789, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 305; Laws 1792, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 306-309; Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 311, 312; Laws 1805, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 283; Laws 1807, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 315; Laws 1808, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 283; Laws 1810, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 316; Laws 1827, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 294; Laws 1828, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 327; Laws 1839, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 286; Laws 1847, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 377; Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 340, 341; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 49, § 1; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 99, § 1; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 100, § 1; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 146, § 1; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 228, § 3; Ga. L. 1859, p. 33, §§ 3, 6; Ga. L. 1860, p. 32, § 1; Orig. Code 1863, §§ 2395, 2403-2405, 2408, 2410, 2411, 2414, 2416, 2418, 2456-2461, 2464-2467, 2547-2555, 2571-2574; Laws 1864, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 303; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 29, § 1; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 30, § 3; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 83, § 1; Ga. L. 1866, p. 66, §§ 1, 2; Code
1868, §§ 2391, 2399-2401, 2404, 2406, 2407, 2410, 2412, 2414, 2451-2458, 2461, 2463-2465, 2548-2553, 2555, 2556, 2573-2576; Ga. L. 1868, p. 25, § 1; Code 1873, §§ 2426, 2434-2436, 2439, 2441, 2442, 2445, 2448, 2450, 2487-2494, 2498, 2500, 2502-2504, 2554, 2589-2597, 2614-2618; Ga. L. 1876, p. 36, § 1; Code 1882, §§ 2426, 2434, 2435, 2436, 2439, 2441, 2442, 2445, 2448, 2450, 2488-2494, 2497, 2498, 2500, 2502-2504, 2589-2597, 2614-2618; Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 79, §§ 1-14; Ga. L. 1893, p. 36, § 1; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3284, 3293-3295, 3308, 3310, 3311, 3313, 3316, 3318, 3359, 3360, 3362-3367, 3371, 3372, 3376-3389, 3393-3395, 3484-3492, 3521-3525; Ga. L. 1903, p. 75, §§ 1, 2; Civil Code 1910, §§ 3858, 3867-3869, 3884, 3886, 3887, 3889, 3892, 3894, 3935, 3936, 3938-3940, 3943, 3947, 3948, 3952-3965, 3969-3971, 4062-4072, 4101-4105; Ga. L. 1929, p. 168, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 113-1101, 113-1102, 113-1201, 113-1202, 113-1205 through 113-1215, 113-1221, 113-1227, 113-1228, 113-1301 through 113-1314, 113-1503, 113-2001 through 113-2011, 113-2401 through 113-2406; Ga. L. 1943, p. 416, §§ 1-6; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1448, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1952, p. 87, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1958, p. 657, §§ 23, 25; Ga. L. 1962, p. 122, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 610, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 613, § 1; Ga. L. 1964, p. 300, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 1139, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1970, p. 523, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 449, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 481, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 547, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1509, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1325, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 547, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 53; Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 53; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 53; Ga. L. 1984, p. 937, §§ 2-4; Ga. L. 1986, p. 200, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 477, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 539, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 371, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 914, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 350, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1991, p. 394, §§ 3, 4; Ga. L. 1991, p. 810, § 10; Ga. L. 1992, p. 983, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1173, § 3.
Law reviews. - For annual survey of law of wills, trusts, and administration of estates, see 40 Mercer L. Rev. 471 (1988).
ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 31 Am. Jur. 2d, Executors and Administrators, § 1 et seq.