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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 5. PROBATE · Article 2. COMMON FORM

53-5-17. Procedure.

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  1. (a)

    A will may be proved in common form upon the testimony of a single subscribing witness and without service or notice to anyone. If the will is self-proved, compliance with signature requirements for execution is presumed and other requirements for execution are presumed without the testimony of any subscribing witness.#

  2. (b)

    The petition to probate a will in common form shall set forth the same information required in a petition to probate a will in solemn form. The petition shall conclude with a prayer for the issuance of letters testamentary.#

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

Code 1981, § 53-5-17, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-19/HB 865. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted ‘‘service or’’ in the first sentence in subsection (a).

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Text read from t52-t53-(v40)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V40, 2021 edition, page 490; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 062775612dfc.