---
title: O.C.G.A. § 29-10-6. Letters of guardianship.
collection: code
id: 29-10-6
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 29-10-6 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-10-6
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-10-6.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-10-6/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t27-t30-(v22)-2018-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=f493d811_0#page=762
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-10.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-10-5.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-10-7.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: GUARDIAN AND WARD / PUBLIC GUARDIANS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 29-10-6. Letters of guardianship.

The court shall grant to the public guardian separate letters of guardianship upon each appointment. The public guardian shall be subject to all liabilities and entitled to all the rights and emoluments provided for other guardians and shall be governed by the law provided for other guardians.

## History

Code 1981, § 29-10-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 509, § 5/HB 394.