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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 8. INVESTMENTS, SALES, AND CONVEYANCES · Article 2. SALES AND CONVEYANCES

53-8-10. Authority of personal representative; petition by temporary administrator.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Subject to the provisions of this article, a personal representative may sell, rent, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of property, whether personal, real, or mixed, for the purpose of payment of debts, for distribution of the estate, or for any other purpose that is in the best interest of the estate; provided, however, that nothing in this article shall be construed to limit, enlarge, or change any authority, power, restriction, or privilege specifically provided by will or incorporated into a will or otherwise granted to the personal representative in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of Code Section 53-7-1.#

  2. (b)

    A temporary administrator is authorized to petition the probate court for leave to sell or otherwise deal with property of the estate following the procedures described in this article, provided that good cause is shown.#

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, § 53-8-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-55/HB 865. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in subsection (a), substituted ‘‘estate,’’ for ‘‘estate;’’, substituted ‘‘estate; provided, however,’’ for ‘‘estate, provided’’; and, in subsection (b), substituted ‘‘article, provided, that’’ for ‘‘article; provided, however, that’’.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2020, the comma after ‘‘article, provided’’ in subsection (b) was deleted.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t52-t53-(v40)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V40, 2021 edition, pages 680 to 681; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 062775612dfc.