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title: O.C.G.A. § 53-8-12. Stocks or bonds.
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# O.C.G.A. § 53-8-12. Stocks or bonds.

Stocks or bonds, either listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges upon any stock exchange or quoted regularly in any newspaper having a general circulation in Georgia, may be sold at private sale without order from or report to the probate court at a sales price not less than the stock exchange bid price or the published bid price at the time of sale. Reasonable brokerage commissions, not in excess of those customarily charged by stock exchange members, may be paid.

## History

Code 1981, § 53-8-12, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.