--- title: Title 44, Chapter 6. Estates collection: code id: code:chapter:44-6 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/44/chapter/6 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-5.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-7.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: ESTATES title_heading: PROPERTY section_count: 84 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6.md?full=1 --- # Title 44, Chapter 6. Estates Title 44. Property 84 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 44-6-1, Rule against perpetuities; exception for certain trusts for employees, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-1.md - 44-6-2, Merger of lesser estate into greater, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-2.md - 44-6-3, Lien on one’s own property; purchase of lien on own property and enforcement thereof, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-3.md - 44-6-20, ‘‘Absolute or fee simple estate’’ defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-20.md - 44-6-21, Words necessary to create absolute estate; preference for construing as conveyance; maker’s intention controls; parol evidence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-21.md - 44-6-22, Creation of estate to commence in future; fee in abeyance; fee limited upon fee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-22.md - 44-6-23, Construction of words such as ‘‘heirs’’ or ‘‘heirs of body.’’, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-23.md - 44-6-24, Estates tail abolished; effect of limitations which would create estate tail by implication, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-24.md - 44-6-25, Construction and effect of limitations over after death of first taker, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-25.md - 44-6-40, Grant of estates upon conditions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-40.md - 44-6-41, Conditions precedent and subsequent distinguished; preferred construction and remedy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-41.md - 44-6-42, Right of entry after breach of condition subsequent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-42.md - 44-6-43, Certain conditions void, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-43.md - 44-6-44, Effect of legal disabilities on conditions; notice of condition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-44.md - 44-6-60, Nature of estates in remainder and in reversion; rights of reversioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-60.md - 44-6-61, Vested and contingent remainders distinguished, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-61.md - 44-6-62, Effect of defeat of estate on remainder, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-62.md - 44-6-63, Interest of heirs of remainderman, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-63.md - 44-6-64, Creation of remainders by parol, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-64.md - 44-6-65, Creation of remainder for persons not in being; vested remainder subject to open, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-65.md - 44-6-66, Preference for vested remainders; construction of words of survivorship in wills, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-66.md - 44-6-67, Effect of executor’s assent to legacy to life tenant on remainderman; possession at termination of life estate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-67.md - 44-6-68, Validity of limitations over upon marriage of widow, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-68.md - 44-6-80, Nature of life estates; estates during widowhood, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-80.md - 44-6-81, Length of life estate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-81.md - 44-6-82, How and in what property life estate may be created, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-82.md - 44-6-83, Rights and duties of life tenant; forfeiture of interest to remainderman, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-83.md - 44-6-84, Ownership of increase of property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-84.md - 44-6-85, When life tenant entitled to emblements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-85.md - 44-6-86, Rights of lessee upon termination of life estate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-86.md - 44-6-87, Effect of purported sale of estate by life tenant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-87.md - 44-6-88, Demand for bond by purchaser of life estate in personalty; effect of failure to give bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-88.md - 44-6-89, Removal of personalty beyond state by life tenant; forfeiture; restraint, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-89.md - 44-6-90, Jurisdiction of judge of superior court as to life estates and contingent remainders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-90.md - 44-6-100, ‘‘Estate for years’’ defined; estate for years in lands passes as realty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-100.md - 44-6-101, Estate for years distinguished from contract of hiring and from landlord and tenant relationship, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-101.md - 44-6-102, ‘‘Lease’’ defined; extent of interest; when mining interest passes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-102.md - 44-6-103, Tenant’s rights and duties; grounds of forfeiture, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-103.md - 44-6-104, Right of tenant for years to emblements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-104.md - 44-6-105, Liability of tenant for years for repairs and expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-105.md - 44-6-106, Dependent and independent covenants or conditions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-106.md - 44-6-120, ‘‘Tenancy in common’’ defined; presumption of equality of shares; effect of inequality of shares on right of possession, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-120.md - 44-6-121, Rights and liabilities of cotenants; accounting, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-121.md - 44-6-122, Accounting between cotenants for unequal share of rents or profits; priority of claim over certain liens, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-122.md - 44-6-123, Adverse possession against cotenant; action to recover possession, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-123.md - 44-6-140, When equitable partition authorized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-140.md - 44-6-141, Molding of decree; discretion of court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-141.md - 44-6-142, Effect of decree on title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-142.md - 44-6-160, Grounds for partition; jurisdiction; contents of petition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-160.md - 44-6-161, Who may apply for partition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-161.md - 44-6-162, Notice of intention to apply for writ of partition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-162.md - 44-6-163, Issuance of writ of partition; appointment of partitioners, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-163.md - 44-6-164, Appointment of surveyor; notice of time of execution of writ; oath of partitioners; principles governing partition; partitioner’s return, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-164.md - 44-6-165, Objections and defenses to right of applicant, writ, or return; jury trial, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-165.md - 44-6-166, Return of partitioners as judgment of court; conclusiveness; when second partition ordered; effect, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-166.md - 44-6-166.1, Partition when physical division of property is inequitable, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-166.1.md - 44-6-167, When sale of lands ordered; procedure; place of sale; notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-167.md - 44-6-168, Commissioners’ return; distribution of proceeds; liability of commissioners for moneys received; contempt, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-168.md - 44-6-169, Title to property sold; execution of deed of conveyance by commissioners, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-169.md - 44-6-170, Treatment of extraordinary cases; denial of sale or partition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-170.md - 44-6-171, Setting aside judgment by parties under disability, absent, or not notified; time limitations; conclusiveness of judgment; effect of proceedings on bona fide purchaser, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-171.md - 44-6-172, Partition of realty by life tenants — Effect on other parties; conditions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-172.md - 44-6-173, Partition of realty by life tenants — Appointment of guardians ad litem; service of notice of application; time for answer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-173.md - 44-6-174, Partition of realty by life tenants — Cumulative effect, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-174.md - 44-6-180, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-180.md - 44-6-181, Application; determination of heirs property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-181.md - 44-6-182, Posting notice sign on property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-182.md - 44-6-183, Qualifications of partitioners, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-183.md - 44-6-184, Appraisal of heirs property; other method to determine value; notice of value; required hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-184.md - 44-6-185, Partition by sale; purchase by party; buyouts; sale to others; notice and hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-185.md - 44-6-186, Partitions in kind, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-186.md - 44-6-187, Open market sales; brokers and commissions; sealed bids or public sale, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-187.md - 44-6-188, Obligation of brokers to court; reporting requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-188.md - 44-6-189, Uniformity among states, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-189.md - 44-6-189.1, Construction with federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-189.1.md - 44-6-190, Creating joint tenancy with survivorship; severance; effect of Code section on other laws, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-190.md - 44-6-200, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-200.md - 44-6-201, Validity of nonvested property interest or power of appointment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-201.md - 44-6-202, Time of creation of nonvested property interest or power of appointment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-202.md - 44-6-203, Reform of disposition by court to approximate transferor’s plan of distribution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-203.md - 44-6-204, Exceptions to applicability of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-204.md - 44-6-205, Applicability of article; court reform of nonvested dispositions created before article became effective, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-205.md - 44-6-206, Application and construction of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-206.md - 44-6-207, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-6-207.md