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title: O.C.G.A. § 53-12-308. Personal liability of trustee.
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# O.C.G.A. § 53-12-308. Personal liability of trustee.

(a) A trustee shall not be personally liable on any warranty made in any conveyance unless the intention to create a personal liability is distinctly expressed.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee shall not be personally liable on contracts properly entered into in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity unless the trustee fails to reveal the trustee’s representative capacity in the contract.

(c) A judgment rendered in an action brought against the trust shall impose no personal liability on the trustee or the beneficiary.

## History

Code 1981, § 53-12-308, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘Noticing the Bankruptcy Sale: The Purchased Property May Not Be as ‘Free and Clear of All Liens, Claims and Encumberances’ as You Think,’’ see 15 (No. 5) Ga. St. B.J. 12 (2010).