History. Laws 1828, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 545; Ga. L. 1853-54, p. 70, § 1; Code 1863, § 2281; Code 1868, § 2274; Code 1873, § 2300; Code 1882, § 2300; Civil Code 1895, § 3142; Civil Code 1910, § 3722; Code 1933, § 85-1002; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1388, § 10; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1438, § 2; Ga. L. 1980, p. 753, § 2; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1335, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 44; Ga. L. 2015, p. 827, § 1/HB 99.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, rewrote this Code section.
Cross references.
Presumption of existence of joint tenancy with right of survivorship when share certificates or other securities are issued or transferred to two or more persons in joint tenancy on books or records of corporation, § 14-5-8 .
Law reviews.
For article arguing for reestablishment of the true joint tenancy with survivorship in Georgia prior to the 1976 amendment to this Code section, see 3 Ga. St. B.J. 29 (1966).
For comment on Eppes v. Locklin, 222 Ga. 86 , 149 S.E.2d 148 (1966), see 1 Ga. L. Rev. 331 (1967).
For article discussing joint tenancy arrangements as a means of avoiding probate, see 6 Ga. L. Rev. 74 (1971).
For note discussing the treatment of joint bank accounts in Georgia, with regard to survivorship and testamentary effect, prior to the enactment of the Financial Institutions Code of Georgia, see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 370 (1971).
For article discussing joint ownership of assets and severance of such ownership, see 14 Ga. St. B.J. 14 (1977).
For article discussing several aspects of joint tenancy with right of survivorship, see 16 Ga. St. B.J. 54 (1979).
For article, “Joint Bank Accounts: A Different Form of Joint Tenancy,” see 17 Ga. St. B.J. 184 (1981).
For annual survey article on real property law, see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 307 (1998).
For survey article on real property law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 345 (2008).
For annual survey on real property, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 255 (2012).