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title: Title 53, Chapter 9. Missing Persons and Persons Believed to Be Dead
collection: code
id: code:chapter:53-9
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/53/chapter/9
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9.md
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
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publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
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heading: MISSING PERSONS AND PERSONS BELIEVED TO BE DEAD
title_heading: WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
section_count: 17
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9.md?full=1
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# Title 53, Chapter 9. Missing Persons and Persons Believed to Be Dead

Title 53. Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates

17 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 53-9-1, Presumption or proof of death; presumption that missing person predeceased other deceased individual; perils or tragedies resulting in probable death, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-1.md
- 53-9-2, Filing and contents of petition; publication of citation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-2.md
- 53-9-3, Hearing; finding of death, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-3.md
- 53-9-4, Issuance of letters or order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-4.md
- 53-9-5, Revocation of letters upon proof that missing individual is alive, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-5.md
- 53-9-6, Recovery of property by missing individual, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-6.md
- 53-9-7, Distribution of assets, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-7.md
- 53-9-8, Probate court judges allowed to hold certain funds for missing heir or beneficiary under decedent’s will, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-8.md
- 53-9-10, ‘‘Missing’’ defined; petition for conservator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-10.md
- 53-9-11, Factors considered by court; qualifications, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-11.md
- 53-9-12, Contents of petition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-12.md
- 53-9-13, Procedure on petition; laws applicable to, and oath and bond of, conservator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-13.md
- 53-9-14, Report of conservator; court order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-14.md
- 53-9-15, Termination of conservatorship, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-15.md
- 53-9-16, Final return; delivery of funds or property to personal representative, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-16.md
- 53-9-20, Presumption or proof of death, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-20.md
- 53-9-21, Appointment of conservator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-9-21.md