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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Chapter 6B. GEORGIA POWER OF ATTORNEY · Article 2. AUTHORITY OF AGENT

10-6B-45. Stocks and bonds.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to stocks and bonds shall authorize the agent to:

  2. (1)

    Buy, sell, and exchange stocks and bonds;#

  3. (2)

    Establish, continue, modify, or terminate an account with respect to stocks and bonds;#

  4. (3)

    Pledge stocks and bonds as security to borrow, pay, renew, or extend the time of payment of a debt of the principal;#

  5. (4)

    Receive certificates and other evidences of ownership with respect to stocks and bonds; and#

  6. (5)

    Exercise voting rights with respect to stocks and bonds in person or by proxy, enter into voting trusts, and consent to limitations on the right to vote.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 10-6B-45, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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