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title: O.C.G.A. § 29-3-44. Payment of bond premium.
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# O.C.G.A. § 29-3-44. Payment of bond premium.

(a) A conservator who is required to give bond, and who has given as security on such bond one or more licensed commercial sureties, may pay any bond premium from the estate.

(b) When the guardian is required to give bond pursuant to Code Section 29-2-25, the conservator shall, upon the request of the guardian, pay any bond premium from the estate.

## History

Code 1981, § 29-3-44, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 693, § 4/HB 70.

## Amendments

The 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2020, inserted “, upon the request of the guardian,” in the middle of subsection (b).