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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-12-204. When intangible property held for owner by state or federal entity presumed abandoned.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-12-204. When intangible property held for owner by state or federal entity presumed abandoned.

All intangible property held for the owner by any state or federal court, government, governmental subdivision or agency, public corporation, or public authority which remains unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after becoming payable or distributable is presumed abandoned.

## History

Code 1981, § 44-12-204, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1506, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1237, § 10.

## Cross References

Escheat of property to state generally, O.C.G.A. § 53-2-50 et seq.