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CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 44 - PROPERTYChapter 2 - RECORDATION AND REGISTRATION OF DEEDS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTSArticle 2 - LAND REGISTRATION
Part 5 - CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER, AND DESCENT
Section 44-2-169 - Personal representative as trustee; right of personal representative to a commission; power of heirs to require transfer

Ga. Code § 44-2-169

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Current through 2023-2024 Legislative Session Chapter 709
Section 44-2-169 - Personal representative as trustee; right of personal representative to a commission; power of heirs to require transfer

Subject to the powers, rights, and duties of administration, the personal representative of the deceased owner shall hold registered real estate as trustee for the persons beneficially entitled thereto by law. Unless otherwise entitled by law to commissions, the personal representative shall be entitled to no commissions thereon except in cases of necessary sales in the due course of administration. The heirs at law or beneficiaries entitled by law to the real estate shall have the same power of requiring a transfer of such estate as if it were personal estate.

OCGA § 44-2-169