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title: Title 53, Chapter 6. Administrators and Personal Representatives
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canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/53/chapter/6
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date: 2025
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heading: ADMINISTRATORS AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
title_heading: WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
section_count: 37
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6.md?full=1
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# Title 53, Chapter 6. Administrators and Personal Representatives

Title 53. Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates

37 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 53-6-1, Eligibility, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-1.md
- 53-6-2, Executor de son tort, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-2.md
- 53-6-10, Nomination by testator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-10.md
- 53-6-11, Qualification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-11.md
- 53-6-12, Declination, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-12.md
- 53-6-13, Appointment by court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-13.md
- 53-6-14, Selection by beneficiaries, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-14.md
- 53-6-15, Petition for letters of administration with will annexed, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-15.md
- 53-6-16, Oath or affirmation of executor and administrator with will annexed, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-16.md
- 53-6-20, Selection or appointment of administrator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-20.md
- 53-6-21, Petition to court; contents, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-21.md
- 53-6-22, Notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-22.md
- 53-6-23, Issuance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-23.md
- 53-6-24, Oath or affirmation of administrator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-24.md
- 53-6-30, Power of court; appointment of administrator; appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-30.md
- 53-6-31, Power of administrator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-31.md
- 53-6-32, Oath or affirmation of temporary administrator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-32.md
- 53-6-35, Appointment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-35.md
- 53-6-36, Qualifications and compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-36.md
- 53-6-37, Term; vacancies; discharge of duties after expiration of term or removal from office; resignation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-37.md
- 53-6-38, Administration of unrepresented estate by county administrator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-38.md
- 53-6-39, Administration or unrepresented estate by clerk of superior court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-39.md
- 53-6-40, Separate letters of administration; governing law; appointment for sole purpose of commencing or continuing lawsuit against estate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-40.md
- 53-6-41, Bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-41.md
- 53-6-42, Power of court to revoke letters of administration, require additional security, or pass other order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-42.md
- 53-6-43, Proceedings to require additional security, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-43.md
- 53-6-44, Settlement of estate without administration, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-44.md
- 53-6-50, Persons required to give; determination of amount, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-50.md
- 53-6-51, Requisites, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-51.md
- 53-6-52, Reduction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-52.md
- 53-6-53, Personal representative qualified to serve without, or not otherwise legally required to give, bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-53.md
- 53-6-54, Recordation and custody, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-54.md
- 53-6-60, Amount, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-60.md
- 53-6-61, Expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-61.md
- 53-6-62, Extra compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-62.md
- 53-6-63, Compensation from business enterprise, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-63.md
- 53-6-64, Compensation to temporary administrator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-6-64.md