Georgia Code
Article 2 - Reporting Accidents; Giving Security for Damages
§ 40-9-39. Custody, Disposition, and Return of Deposit

In any case where the depositor shall die while security is on deposit with the department, the commissioner is authorized to return such security to the executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased depositor, or, if there is no executor or administrator and the amount on deposit is $1,000.00 or less, the commissioner is authorized to pay over such deposit to the surviving spouse or heirs at law of the deceased depositor. In any event, no deposit shall be returned unless and until satisfactory evidence has been filed by the person seeking such return, under the same conditions as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection for the filing of such evidence by the depositor.
History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 565, § 10; Ga. L. 1956, p. 543, § 18; Ga. L. 1963, p. 593, § 7; Ga. L. 1965, p. 456, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 819, § 4; Ga. L. 1971, p. 654, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 412, § 1; Code 1933, § 68C-308, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 40; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18; Ga. L. 2010, p. 863, § 3/SB 296.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, “paragraph (1)” was substituted for “the first paragraph” in the last sentence of subsection (b), and “contact” was substituted for “contract” in the first sentence of subsection (c).

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