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Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 12. RIGHTS IN PERSONALTY · Article 3. BAILMENTS · Part 3. DEPOSITS

44-12-91. Voluntary or involuntary depositories; liability for naked deposit.

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A person may voluntarily undertake to be a depository or may become so involuntarily, as by finding chattels. For a naked deposit, the depository is responsible only for gross negligence.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2083; Code 1868, § 2078; Code 1873, § 2104; Code 1882, § 2104; Civil Code 1895, § 2922; Civil Code 1910, § 3495; Code 1933, 12-302.

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Text read from t44-ch8-15-(v32)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V32, 2022 edition, pages 225 to 226; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 02e72213893a.