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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 17. TRANSFER-ON-DEATH DEEDS

44-17-1. Definitions.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. As used in this chapter, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Interest in real estate” means any estate or interest in, over or under land, including surface, minerals, structures, fixtures, and easements.#

  3. (2)

    “Joint owner” means a person that owns an interest in real estate as a joint tenant with right of survivorship.#

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

Code 1981, § 44-17-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2024, p. 446, § 3/SB 420, effective July 1, 2024.

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For article on the 2024 enactment of this Code section, see 41 Ga. L. Rev. 229 (2024).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t44-ch8-17-(v32)-pdf.pdf, Volume V32, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, page 63; merge action: added; file SHA-256 41d663706f28.