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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-12-1. Partition of personal property.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-12-1. Partition of personal property.

Application may be made and partition of personal property may be obtained in the same manner and under the same regulations as are prescribed by law for obtaining a partition of lands and tenements.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3908; Code 1868, § 3938; Code 1873, § 4008; Code 1882, § 4008; Civil Code 1895, § 4798; Civil Code 1910, § 5370; Code 1933, § 85-1707.

## Law Reviews

For article, “Joint Bank Accounts: A Different Form of Joint Tenancy,” see 17 Ga. St. B.J. 184 (1981).