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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-42. Delivery of deed to third party as escrow; possession as proof of delivery.

A deed delivered to a third party, to be delivered on certain conditions to the grantee, is an escrow. Possession of that deed by the grantee is presumptive proof of a delivery, but that presumption may be rebutted.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2652; Code 1868, § 2651; Code 1873, § 2693; Code 1882, § 2693; Civil Code 1895, § 3603; Civil Code 1910, § 4183; Code 1933, § 29-105.

## Law Reviews

For article surveying recent legislative and judicial developments in Georgia’s real property laws, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1979).

For note discussing problems with profits generated by escrow account, and proposing federal legislative reform, see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 618 (1974).