Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 7. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES GENERALLY · Article 6. SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS · Part 2. ANNUAL RETURNS AND INTERMEDIATE REPORTS

53-7-72. Docket of persons liable to make returns; failure to make returns.

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It shall be the duty of the probate court to keep a docket of all personal representatives who are liable to make returns and, immediately after the ceasing of the January term or as soon thereafter as the court deems practical in each year, to cite all defaulters to show cause for their neglect. A willful and continued failure to make a return shall be good cause for removal.

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, § 53-7-72, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 24; Ga. L. 2025, p. 806, § 63/HB 327, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, substituted “It shall be the duty of the probate court to keep a docket of all personal representatives” for “To ensure annual returns from every personal representative, it shall be the duty of the probate court to keep a docket of all those” in the first sentence.

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