O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 53-7-51 (2019)

Discharge when funds unclaimed

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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If funds are in the hands of the personal representative and no person claims such funds, the probate court may nevertheless grant a discharge.

History

Code 1981, § 53-7-51, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1586, § 36.

Annotations

COMMENT This section carries forward the substance of former OCGA Sec. 53-7-142. See Article 5 of Chapter 2 of this Title for provisions relating to the escheat of estates upon the failure of heirs. JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Laws 1840, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 332, and former Code 1933, § 113-2304, are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Cited in Springer v. Oliver, 21 Ga. 517 (1857); Jones v. Reed, 58 Ga. App. 72, 197 S.E. 665 (1938).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 31 Am. Jur. 2d, Executors and Administrators, §§ 272, 309.

C.J.S. - 33 C.J.S., Executors and Administrators, § 100.