Georgia § 44-12-226 - Expiration of limitation specified by contract, statute, or court order not to affect duties required by this article.
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§ 44-12-226. Expiration of limitation specified by contract, statute, or court order not to affect duties required by this article.
The expiration, before or after July 1, 1990, of any period of time specified by contract, statute, or court order during which a claim for money or property can be made or during which an action or proceeding may be commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim for money or to recover property, does not prevent the money or property from being presumed abandoned nor affect any duty to file a report or to pay or deliver abandoned property to the commissioner as required by this article. (Code 1981, § 44-12-226 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1506, § 1.)
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