44-6-100. ‘‘Estate for years’’ defined; estate for years in lands passes as realty.

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(a)
An estate for years is one which is limited in its duration to a period which is fixed or which may be made fixed and certain. Such an estate may be for any number of years, provided the limitation is within the rule against perpetuities.#
(b)
An estate for years in lands passes as realty.#

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, § 2255; Code 1868, § 2247; Code 1873, § 2273; Code 1882, § 2273; Civil Code 1895, § 3109; Civil Code 1910, § 3685; Code 1933, § 85-801.

Law reviews

For article analyzing legal aspects of time shared (multiple, revolving) ownership of property, see 12 Ga. St. B.J. 75 (1975). For article surveying recent legislative and judicial developments in Georgia’s real property laws, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1979). For article discussing ad valorem taxation and interest in real property in Georgia, prior to the enactment of provisions in the public revenue statute, T. 48, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 293 (1979). For article, ‘‘The Rule Against Perpetuities as Applied to Georgia Wills and Trusts,’’ see 16 Ga. L. Rev. 235 (1982). For article, ‘‘Usufructs and Estates for Years Distinguished,’’ see 18 Ga. St. B.J. 116 (1982). For note discussing assignment and subletting, see 2 Mercer L. Rev. 412 (1951). For comment regarding distinction between estate for years and landlord-tenant relationship, in light of State v. Davison, 198 Ga. 27, 31 S.E.2d 255 (1944), see 7 Ga. B.J. 233 (1944).

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