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title: Title 51, Chapter 4. Wrongful Death
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id: code:chapter:51-4
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/51/chapter/4
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date: 2025
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heading: WRONGFUL DEATH
title_heading: TORTS
section_count: 6
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-4.md?full=1
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# Title 51, Chapter 4. Wrongful Death

Title 51. Torts

6 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-4.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 51-4-1, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-4-1.md
- 51-4-2, Wrongful death of spouse or parent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-4-2.md
- 51-4-3, Persons entitled to bring action for wrongful death of wife or mother; survival of action; service on and intervention of parties not joining; effect of final judgment, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-4-3.md
- 51-4-4, Wrongful death of child, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-4-4.md
- 51-4-5, Recovery by personal representative for wrongful death and for certain expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-4-5.md
- 51-4-6, Notification of licensing boards of judgments against health care provider, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-4-6.md