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Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 53-6-1. Eligibility - Any individual who is sui juris, regardless of citizenship or...
§ 53-6-2. Executor De Son Tort - Any person who, without authority of law, wrongfully intermeddles with...
Article 2 - Appointment
§ 53-6-10. Nomination by Testator - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-10 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-11. Qualification - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-11 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-12. Declination - A nominated executor may decline in writing the right to...
§ 53-6-13. Appointment by Court - Unless another nominated executor qualifies within the time provided in...
§ 53-6-14. Selection by Beneficiaries - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-14 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-15. Petition for Letters of Administration With Will Annexed - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-15 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-16. Oath or Affirmation of Executor and Administrator With Will Annexed - Click to view “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that...
Article 3 - Letters of Administration
§ 53-6-20. Selection or Appointment of Administrator - An administrator may be unanimously selected by all the heirs...
§ 53-6-21. Petition to Court; Contents - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-21 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-22. Notice - Notice of the petition for letters of administration shall be...
§ 53-6-23. Issuance - Letters of administration may issue to any person selected as...
§ 53-6-24. Oath or Affirmation of Administrator - Click to view “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that...
Article 4 - Temporary Administration
§ 53-6-30. Power of Court; Appointment of Administrator; Appeal - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-30 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-31. Power of Administrator - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-31 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-32. Oath or Affirmation of Temporary Administrator - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that _______________ , deceased,...
Article 5 - County Administrators
§ 53-6-35. Appointment - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-35 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-36. Qualifications and Compensation - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-36 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-37. Term; Vacancies; Discharge of Duties After Expiration of Term or Removal From Office; Resignation - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-37 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-38. Administration of Unrepresented Estate by County Administrator - If for any reason an estate is unrepresented and not...
§ 53-6-39. Administration or Unrepresented Estate by Clerk of Superior Court - If for any reason a county has no county administrator...
§ 53-6-40. Separate Letters of Administration; Governing Law; Appointment for Sole Purpose of Commencing or Continuing Lawsuit Against Estate - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-40 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-41. Bond - Each county administrator shall give bond, with good security to...
§ 53-6-42. Power of Court to Revoke Letters of Administration, Require Additional Security, or Pass Other Order - The probate court may, for good cause shown, as provided...
§ 53-6-43. Proceedings to Require Additional Security - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-43 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-44. Settlement of Estate Without Administration - Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the...
Article 6 - Bond
§ 53-6-50. Persons Required to Give; Determination of Amount - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-50 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-51. Requisites - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-51 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-52. Reduction - If the value of an estate decreases, the probate court...
§ 53-6-53. Personal Representative Qualified to Serve Without, or Not Otherwise Legally Required to Give, Bond - When a personal representative has qualified to serve without bond...
§ 53-6-54. Recordation and Custody - The clerk of the probate court shall record bonds in...
Article 7 - Compensation
§ 53-6-60. Amount - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-60 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-61. Expenses - Personal representatives shall be allowed reasonable expenses incurred in the...
§ 53-6-62. Extra Compensation - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-62 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-63. Compensation From Business Enterprise - History. Code 1981, § 53-6-63 , enacted by Ga. L....
§ 53-6-64. Compensation to Temporary Administrator - A temporary administrator may apply to the court for reasonable...