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title: Title 44, Chapter 12. Rights in Personalty
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heading: RIGHTS IN PERSONALTY
title_heading: PROPERTY
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# Title 44, Chapter 12. Rights in Personalty

Title 44. Property

146 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 44-12-1, Partition of personal property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-1.md
- 44-12-20, “Chose in action” defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-20.md
- 44-12-21, Rights and remedies to enforce choses in action, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-21.md
- 44-12-22, Assignment of choses in action arising upon contracts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-22.md
- 44-12-23, Assignment of a fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-23.md
- 44-12-24, What rights of action may and may not be assigned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-24.md
- 44-12-40, “Bailment” defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-40.md
- 44-12-41, Bailment contract as entire; performance as condition precedent to action upon it, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-41.md
- 44-12-42, Rights of bailee in bailed property; actions to enforce rights, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-42.md
- 44-12-43, Care required of bailees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-43.md
- 44-12-44, Burden on bailee after loss; proper diligence standard, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-44.md
- 44-12-45, When act of God or contract exception available as defense, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-45.md
- 44-12-60, “Hiring” defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-60.md
- 44-12-61, Qualified ownership and rights of hirer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-61.md
- 44-12-62, Duties of hirer; liability for acts of bailor’s agents, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-62.md
- 44-12-63, Obligations of bailor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-63.md
- 44-12-64, Duty to return property; assumption of risks; time of return, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-64.md
- 44-12-65, Effect of breach of contract; action for conversion by bailor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-65.md
- 44-12-66, Effect of loss or destruction of thing hired; liability of hirer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-66.md
- 44-12-67, When hirer may relet; effect of reletting without consent of bailor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-67.md
- 44-12-68, Consent required for removal of hired thing from state or hazardous use, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-68.md
- 44-12-69, Rights of action of hirer and bailor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-69.md
- 44-12-70, Liability of thing hired to execution and levy; forthcoming bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-70.md
- 44-12-71, Hire of labor or services; standard of care, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-71.md
- 44-12-72, Title to article on which labor bestowed, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-72.md
- 44-12-73, Right to possession by bailee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-73.md
- 44-12-74, Loss or destruction of property; right of bailee to compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-74.md
- 44-12-75, Exercise of discretion by factor; diligence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-75.md
- 44-12-76, Keeper of livery stable; diligence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-76.md
- 44-12-77, Garage owner; diligence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-77.md
- 44-12-78, Keeper of wharf; liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-78.md
- 44-12-90, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-90.md
- 44-12-91, Voluntary or involuntary depositories; liability for naked deposit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-91.md
- 44-12-92, Liability of depositories for hire, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-92.md
- 44-12-93, Liability for gratuitously transporting deposits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-93.md
- 44-12-94, Termination of bailment of naked deposit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-94.md
- 44-12-95, Effect of use of naked deposit on liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-95.md
- 44-12-96, Reimbursement of expenses incurred by reason of naked deposit; retention of possession, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-96.md
- 44-12-110, Kinds of loans; nature of loan for consumption, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-110.md
- 44-12-111, Nature of loan for use, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-111.md
- 44-12-112, Borrower’s duty of extraordinary care, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-112.md
- 44-12-113, Loan beneficiaries and responsibilities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-113.md
- 44-12-114, Right of borrower to possession; action for interference, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-114.md
- 44-12-115, When borrower may transfer thing loaned; liability of article to levy and sale, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-115.md
- 44-12-116, Revocability of loans, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-116.md
- 44-12-117, Liability for necessary and extraordinary charges and expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-117.md
- 44-12-118, Ownership of increase in loaned property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-118.md
- 44-12-119, How loaned property used; acts considered as conversion, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-119.md
- 44-12-120, When death of parties terminates loans, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-120.md
- 44-12-130, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-130.md
- 44-12-131, Duration of pawn transactions; lease-back of motor vehicles prohibited; taking possession of motor vehicles; restrictions on interest, fees, or charges; action to recover excessive or undisclosed charges; consequences of excessive charges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-131.md
- 44-12-132, Permanent records required; content, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-132.md
- 44-12-133, Manner of recording entry in permanent records; corrections; inspection, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-133.md
- 44-12-134, Maintenance of permanent records for four years, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-134.md
- 44-12-135, Effect of part on local laws, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-135.md
- 44-12-136, Supervision of pawnbrokers by municipalities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-136.md
- 44-12-137, Prohibited acts; penalties; presumption as to pledgor; replacement of lost or damaged goods, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-137.md
- 44-12-138, Restrictions on advertising; disclosure tickets or statements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-138.md
- 44-12-150, Effect of defendant’s possession on necessity of proof of conversion, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-150.md
- 44-12-151, Right of plaintiff to elect form of verdict, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-151.md
- 44-12-152, Determination of value of property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-152.md
- 44-12-153, Tender of property and hire; effect on costs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-153.md
- 44-12-154, Setoff and recoupment in action involving purchase money contract; judgment; lien of defendant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-154.md
- 44-12-155, Alternative verdict; effect as first lien pending payment of judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-155.md
- 44-12-156, Effect of judgment for damages in trover; priority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-156.md
- 44-12-157, Effect of destruction of or injury to property on defendant’s liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-157.md
- 44-12-158, Fees and costs when $100.00 or less is involved, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-158.md
- 44-12-170, Sale of perishable or other property in absence of replevy; amount of money verdict for plaintiff, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-170.md
- 44-12-171, Recovery by defendant in trover action when plaintiff had replevied property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-171.md
- 44-12-190, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-190.md
- 44-12-191, Construction of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-191.md
- 44-12-192, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-192.md
- 44-12-193, When property held, issued, or owing in ordinary course of holder’s business presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-193.md
- 44-12-194, Conditions under which intangible property subject to custody of state as unclaimed property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-194.md
- 44-12-195, When sums payable on traveler’s checks or money orders deemed abandoned; conditions under which same may be subjected to custody of state as unclaimed property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-195.md
- 44-12-196, When instruments on which banking or financial organization directly liable presumed abandoned; service charges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-196.md
- 44-12-197, When certain deposits or other interests in banking or financial organization presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-197.md
- 44-12-198, When fund under life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-198.md
- 44-12-199, When funds held or owing by utility presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-199.md
- 44-12-200, When unclaimed court ordered refund from business association presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-200.md
- 44-12-201, When undistributed dividends and distributions of business associations presumed abandoned; when intangible interest in business associations presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-201.md
- 44-12-202, When unclaimed property distributed in course of dissolution or liquidation of a person presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-202.md
- 44-12-203, When intangible property held in fiduciary capacity for benefit of another, and income derived therefrom, presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-203.md
- 44-12-204, When intangible property held for owner by state or federal entity presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-204.md
- 44-12-205, When gift certificate or credit memo presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-205.md
- 44-12-206, When unpaid wages presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-206.md
- 44-12-207, When employee benefit trust distributions and income thereon presumed abandoned; exceptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-207.md
- 44-12-208, When funds held or owing by insurer or hospital, medical, or dental service corporation presumed abandoned; when sums payable on negotiable instrument for payment of claim under insurance contract presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-208.md
- 44-12-209, Rent due on safe-deposit boxes; notice of opening of box and sealing of contents when contents deemed abandoned; delivery to commissioner; retention of documents by commissioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-209.md
- 44-12-210, Commencement of abandonment for certain property described in Code Section 44-12-197, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-210.md
- 44-12-211, When bequeathed property presumed abandoned; when person presumed dead without heirs or distributees and property presumed abandoned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-211.md
- 44-12-211.1, Excess funds from sale of abandoned motor vehicle; claim for funds; definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-211.1.md
- 44-12-212, When property described in Code Section 44-12-193 not subject to this article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-212.md
- 44-12-213, Cooperation with other states to audit or otherwise determine unclaimed property subject to claim; rules and procedure, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-213.md
- 44-12-214, Report and remittance of persons holding property presumed abandoned under this article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-214.md
- 44-12-215, Publication of “Georgia Unclaimed Property List”; contents of notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-215.md
- 44-12-216, Assumption of custody by state; legal proceedings instituted by other state; reimbursements for costs to safe-deposit box holders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-216.md
- 44-12-217, Sale or destruction of property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-217.md
- 44-12-218, Disposition of funds received under article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-218.md
- 44-12-219, When commissioner may decline to receive certain property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-219.md
- 44-12-220, Claims for property paid or delivered to commissioner; procedure, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-220.md
- 44-12-221, Appeal of commissioner’s decision, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-221.md
- 44-12-222, Determination of claim; hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-222.md
- 44-12-223, Effect of periods of limitation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-223.md
- 44-12-224, Development and publication of unclaimed property forms by commissioner; use of forms to file claim; contents of forms; fees and costs; revocation of agreements; addendums; immunity from liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-224.md
- 44-12-225, Confidentiality of information or records required by this article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-225.md
- 44-12-226, Expiration of limitation specified by contract, statute, or court order not to affect duties required by this article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-226.md
- 44-12-227, Penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-227.md
- 44-12-228, Maintenance and retention of records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-228.md
- 44-12-229, Investigations and examinations of claims, reports, and other records; commissioner may compel filing of report and may examine records; failure to maintain records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-229.md
- 44-12-230, Employment of independent consultant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-230.md
- 44-12-231, Enforcement of article; properties not paid over on a timely basis, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-231.md
- 44-12-232, Article does not relieve holder of duty that arose before July 1, 1990, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-232.md
- 44-12-233, Receipt of securities under this article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-233.md
- 44-12-234, Property in foreign country or arising out of foreign transaction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-234.md
- 44-12-235, Rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-235.md
- 44-12-236, Alternative method of disposition with respect to certain dividends or capital credits which are presumed abandoned; definitions; procedures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-236.md
- 44-12-236.1, Donation of abandoned dividends or capital credits by rural telephone cooperatives for certain purposes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-236.1.md
- 44-12-237, Unclaimed United States Savings Bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-237.md
- 44-12-238, Claim for United States savings bonds escheated to state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-238.md
- 44-12-239, Required fee and form; background checks; penalty for falsification; required notice; naming convention; registration term; adverse treatment of registration; hearings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-239.md
- 44-12-239.1, Data base for unclaimed accounts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-239.1.md
- 44-12-239.2, Grounds for administrative enforcement action, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-239.2.md
- 44-12-240, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-240.md
- 44-12-241, Pecans falling on public right of way; ownership during harvest season; picking pecans from tree limbs without permission; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-241.md
- 44-12-242, Pecans on public right of way; removal out of harvest season, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-242.md
- 44-12-243, Effect of article on maintenance of public rights of way; harvest on limited access highways, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-243.md
- 44-12-260, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-260.md
- 44-12-261, Inventory of American Indian human remains or burial objects in possession of museum; additional documentation upon request of American Indian tribe; construction of part; extension of time to complete inventory and identification; notification of affected tribes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-261.md
- 44-12-262, Return of human remains and burial objects upon request of known lineal descendant or tribe; immunity of museum for returns made in good faith; private collections of artifacts not containing burial objects, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-262.md
- 44-12-263, Monitoring and review of inventory, identification, and repatriation activities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-263.md
- 44-12-264, Penalties for violation of Code Sections 44-12-261 and 44-12-262, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-264.md
- 44-12-280, Council on American Indian Concerns created; membership; assignment for administrative purposes; terms of office; removal for failure to attend meetings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-280.md
- 44-12-281, Compensation and expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-281.md
- 44-12-282, Chairperson; meetings; quorum, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-282.md
- 44-12-283, Powers and duties of council, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-283.md
- 44-12-283.1, Additional powers of council, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-283.1.md
- 44-12-283.2, Council authorized to promulgate rules and regulations; notification requirement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-283.2.md
- 44-12-284, Delegation of duties; professional, technical, and clerical personnel, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-284.md
- 44-12-285, Annual report, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-285.md
- 44-12-300, Tribes, bands, groups, or communities recognized by state as legitimate American Indian tribes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-300.md
- 44-12-310, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-310.md
- 44-12-311, Rights and title; transfer to molder, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-311.md
- 44-12-320, Lien created; notice; enforcement; public auction authorized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-320.md
- 44-12-321, Notice before sale of property; violation of certain rights prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-321.md
- 44-12-322, Effect of part on other laws of this state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-12-322.md