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title: O.C.G.A. § 53-8-10. Authority of personal representative; petition by temporary administrator.
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# O.C.G.A. § 53-8-10. Authority of personal representative; petition by temporary administrator.

(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.

(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.

## 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.