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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-12-223. Effect of periods of limitation.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-12-223. Effect of periods of limitation.

The expiration of any period of time specified by statute or court order, during which an action or proceeding may be commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim for money or property, shall not prevent the money or property from being presumed abandoned property nor affect any duty to file a report required by this article or to pay or deliver abandoned property to the commissioner.

## History

Code 1981, § 44-12-223, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1506, § 1.