Georgia Code
Article 2 - Sales and Conveyances
§ 53-8-13. General Procedures

History. Code 1981, § 53-8-13 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 25; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-57/HB 865.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in subsection (a), in the first sentence, substituted a semicolon for a comma three times, substituted “listing the” for “a list of”, substituted “all heirs of” for “heirs in”, and substituted “all beneficiaries of” for “beneficiaries in”; in subsection (b), substituted “the filing of the petition by the personal representative, the court shall issue a citation and serve notice on” for “filing the petition, notice shall be given to”; in subsection (c), in the first sentence, substituted “served with notice” for “notified” and inserted “the service of such”; and, in subsection (e), substituted “the provisions of this Code section” for “legal provisions”.
History of Code section.
This Code section is derived from the decisions in Patterson v. Lemon, 50 Ga. 231 (1873); Newsom v. Carlton, 59 Ga. 516 (1877); Barrett & Caswell v. Durham, 80 Ga. 336 , 5 S.E. 102 (1887); Whitehurst v. Mason, 140 Ga. 148 , 78 S.E. 938 (1913).
Cross references.
Livestock dealers and auctions, T. 4, C. 6.
Regulation of advertising generally, § 10-1-420 et seq.
Age of majority, § 39-1-1 .
Abolition of dower, § 53-1-3 .
Guardians ad litem and appraisers for year’s support in probate court proceedings, Uniform Rules for the Probate Courts, Rule 23.
Law reviews.
For article discussing methods of summary distribution and settlement of decedent’s estate, see 6 Ga. L. Rev. 74 (1971).
For article surveying wills, trusts, and administration of estates, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 323 (1982).
For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 313 (1997).

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