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title: O.C.G.A. § 7-1-201. Unclaimed dividends.
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# O.C.G.A. § 7-1-201. Unclaimed dividends.

Whenever a dividend remains unclaimed six months after it has been declared and the department is unable to locate the depositor or other claimant to whom said dividend was payable, the dividend shall become a part of the general assets of the financial institution and be distributed as other assets.

## History

Ga. L. 1919, p. 135, art. 7, § 24; Ga. L. 1925, p. 119, § 1; Code 1933, § 13-826; Code 1933, § 41A-812, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 705, § 1.