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O.C.G.A. § 53-7-71 — Return of nonresident or deceased personal representative | Georgia Code
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TITLE 53 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Section 7. Administration of Estates Generally, 53-7-1 through 53-7-78.

ARTICLE 6 SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS

53-7-71. Return of nonresident or deceased personal representative.

  1. The return of a nonresident personal representative may be admitted to record upon affidavit of the personal representative's surety.
  2. If a personal representative is dead, the representative of the estate of the deceased personal representative or, if at any time there is no such representative, any security on the bond of the deceased personal representative may make returns of the accounts of the deceased personal representative in the same manner and with the same effect as if the personal representative were living.

(Code 1981, §53-7-71, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.)

COMMENT

This section carries forward former OCGA Sec. 53-7-182.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 31 Am. Jur. 2d, Executors and Administrators, §§ 867, 875.

C.J.S.

- 34 C.J.S., Executors and Administrators, §§ 979, 980, 1000.

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