Georgia § 10-6B-81 - Application of Chapter 6B.
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§ 10-6B-81. Application of Chapter 6B.
Code Section 10-6B-19 shall apply retroactively to powers of attorney created before July 1, 2018. The remainder of this chapter shall not apply to a power of attorney executed before July 1, 2017. When Code Section 10-6B-3 applies to a power of attorney, Chapter 6 of this title shall not apply to such power of attorney. When, other than Code Section 10-6B-19 , this chapter does not apply to a power of attorney: It shall not affect the application of Chapter 6 of this title; and The former provisions of Article 7 of Chapter 6 of this title, as such existed on June 30, 2017, shall remain applicable. (Code 1981, § 10-6B-81 , enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 435, § 2-1/HB 221; Ga. L. 2018, p. 520, § 21/HB 897.) The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "Chapter 6 of this title shall not apply to a power of attorney created pursuant to this chapter."
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