History. Code 1981, § 53-7-13 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-41/HB 865; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 53/HB 497.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, added subsection (a); designated the existing provisions as subsection (b); and, in subsection (b), substituted “notice, writ, or process” for “writ or process” and inserted “such”.
The 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “remove” for “removes” in the middle of subsection (b).
Structure Georgia Code
Title 53 - Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates
Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates Generally
Article 2 - Actions Against Personal Representatives
§ 53-7-10. Allowable Defenses; Generally
§ 53-7-11. Allowable Defenses; Action Originating in Lifetime of Decedent
§ 53-7-13. Service of Notice, Writ, or Process
§ 53-7-14. Action Against Removed Personal Administrator
§ 53-7-15. Applicability of Provisions Relating to Sureties on Guardians’ or Conservators’ Bonds
§ 53-7-16. Joint and Several Liability of Personal Representative and Sureties
§ 53-7-17. Liability on Common Bond of Two or More Personal Representatives
§ 53-7-18. Liability of Sureties on Bond of Removed Personal Representative
§ 53-7-19. Action on Bond for Failure to Settle and Account With Heir or Beneficiary
§ 53-7-20. Action on Bond Upon Liability of Decedent and Return of Execution Marked Nulla Bona
§ 53-7-21. Against What Property Judgment Levied
§ 53-7-22. Levy Upon Property; Entering of Judgment and Issuance of Execution