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title: O.C.G.A. § 18-2-51. Foreign assignments to conform with Georgia law.
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# O.C.G.A. § 18-2-51. Foreign assignments to conform with Georgia law.

No property in this state shall pass under any assignment made by corporations, persons, or firms out of this state unless such foreign assignment shall conform to the law of assignments in this state.

## History

Ga. L. 1894, p. 90, § 9; Civil Code 1895, § 2706; Civil Code 1910, § 3239; Code 1933, § 28-310.