Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 5. ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF PROPERTY · Article 4. GIFTS GENERALLY · Part 1. Inter Vivos Gifts

44-5-82. Delivery; constructive delivery.

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Actual manual delivery is not essential to the validity of a gift. Any act which indicates a renunciation of dominion by the donor and the transfer of dominion to the donee shall constitute a constructive delivery.

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, § 2617; Code 1868, § 2618; Code 1873, § 2660; Code 1882, § 2660; Civil Code 1895, § 3567; Civil Code 1910, § 4147; Code 1933, § 48-103.

Law reviews

For note discussing the treatment of joint bank accounts in Georgia, with regard to survivorship and testamentary effect, prior to the enactment of the Financial Institutions Code of Georgia, see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 370 (1971). For comment on Felder v. Felder, 71 Ga. App. 860, 32 S.E.2d 550 (1944), see 7 Ga. B.J. 478 (1945).

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Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, pages 464 to 465; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.