Chapter 6. Estates
Article 2. Fee Simple Estates
- OCGA § 44-6-20 "Absolute Or Fee Simple Estate" Defined
- OCGA § 44-6-21 Words Necessary to Create Absolute Estate; Preference For Construing As Conveyance; Maker's Intention Controls; Parol Evidence
- OCGA § 44-6-22 Creation of Estate to Commence In Future; Fee In Abeyance; Fee Limited Upon Fee
- OCGA § 44-6-23 Construction of Words Such As "Heirs" Or "Heirs of Body."
- OCGA § 44-6-24 Estates Tail Abolished; Effect of Limitations Which Would Create Estate Tail By Implication
- OCGA § 44-6-25 Construction and Effect of Limitations Over After Death of First Taker
Article 3. Estates Granted Upon Conditions
- OCGA § 44-6-40 Grant of Estates Upon Conditions
- OCGA § 44-6-41 Conditions Precedent and Subsequent Distinguished; Preferred Construction and Remedy
- OCGA § 44-6-42 Right of Entry After Breach of Condition Subsequent
- OCGA § 44-6-43 Certain Conditions Void
- OCGA § 44-6-44 Effect of Legal Disabilities On Conditions; Notice of Condition
Article 4. Remainders and Reversions
- OCGA § 44-6-60 Nature of Estates In Remainder and In Reversion; Rights of Reversioner
- OCGA § 44-6-61 Vested and Contingent Remainders Distinguished
- OCGA § 44-6-62 Effect of Defeat of Estate On Remainder
- OCGA § 44-6-63 [Repealed] Interest of Heirs of Remainderman
- OCGA § 44-6-64 Creation of Remainders By Parol
- OCGA § 44-6-65 Creation of Remainder For Persons Not In Being; Vested Remainder Subject to Open
- OCGA § 44-6-66 Preference For Vested Remainders; Construction of Words of Survivorship In Wills
- OCGA § 44-6-67 Effect of Executor's Assent to Legacy to Life Tenant On Remainderman; Possession At Termination of Life Estate
- OCGA § 44-6-68 Validity of Limitations Over Upon Marriage of Widow
Article 5. Life Estates
- OCGA § 44-6-80 Nature of Life Estates; Estates During Widowhood
- OCGA § 44-6-81 Length of Life Estate
- OCGA § 44-6-82 How and In What Property Life Estate May Be Created
- OCGA § 44-6-83 Rights and Duties of Life Tenant; Forfeiture of Interest to Remainderman
- OCGA § 44-6-84 Ownership of Increase of Property
- OCGA § 44-6-85 When Life Tenant Entitled to Emblements
- OCGA § 44-6-86 Rights of Lessee Upon Termination of Life Estate
- OCGA § 44-6-87 Effect of Purported Sale of Estate By Life Tenant
- OCGA § 44-6-88 Demand For Bond By Purchaser of Life Estate In Personalty; Effect of Failure to Give Bond
- OCGA § 44-6-89 Removal of Personalty Beyond State By Life Tenant; Forfeiture; Restraint
- OCGA § 44-6-90 Jurisdiction of Judge of Superior Court As to Life Estates and Contingent Remainders
Article 6. Estates For Years
- OCGA § 44-6-100 "Estate For Years" Defined; Estate For Years In Lands Passes As Realty
- OCGA § 44-6-101 Estate For Years Distinguished From Contract of Hiring and From Landlord and Tenant Relationship
- OCGA § 44-6-102 "Lease" Defined; Extent of Interest; When Mining Interest Passes
- OCGA § 44-6-103 Tenant's Rights and Duties; Grounds of Forfeiture
- OCGA § 44-6-104 Right of Tenant For Years to Emblements
- OCGA § 44-6-105 Liability of Tenant For Years For Repairs and Expenses
- OCGA § 44-6-106 Dependent and Independent Covenants Or Conditions
Article 7. Tenancy In Common
Article 8. Joint Tenancy With Survivorship
Article 9. Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities
- OCGA § 44-6-200 Short Title
- OCGA § 44-6-201 Validity of Nonvested Property Interest Or Power of Appointment
- OCGA § 44-6-202 Time of Creation of Nonvested Property Interest Or Power of Appointment
- OCGA § 44-6-203 Reform of Disposition By Court to Approximate Transferor's Plan of Distribution
- OCGA § 44-6-204 Exceptions to Applicability of Article
- OCGA § 44-6-205 Applicability of Article; Court Reform of Nonvested Dispositions Created Before Article Became Effective
- OCGA § 44-6-206 Application and Construction of Article