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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-6B-81. Application of Chapter 6B.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-6B-81. Application of Chapter 6B.

(a) This Code section and Code Section 10-6B-19 shall apply retroactively to powers of attorney created before July 1, 2018. The remainder of this chapter shall not apply to a power of attorney executed before July 1, 2017.

(b) When this chapter applies to a power of attorney pursuant to Code Section 10-6B-3, Chapter 6 of this title shall not apply to such power of attorney.

(c) When, other than this Code section and Code Section 10-6B-19, this chapter does not apply to a power of attorney:

(1) It shall not affect the application of Chapter 6 of this title; and

(2) The former provisions of Article 7 of Chapter 6 of this title, as such existed on June 30, 2017, shall remain applicable.

## History

Code 1981, § 10-6B-81, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221; Ga. L. 2018, p. 520, § 21/HB 897; Ga. L. 2025, p. 806, § 8/HB 327, effective July 1, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, inserted “This Code section and” at the beginning of subsection (a); in subsection (b), substituted “When this chapter” for “When Code Section 10-6B-3” and inserted “pursuant to Code Section 10-6B-3”; and inserted “this Code section and” near the beginning of subsection (c).