Georgia § 53-12-25 - Transfer of property in trust.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 53-12-25 — Transfer of property in trust., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 53-12-25. Transfer of property in trust.
Transfer of property in trust shall require a transfer of legal title to the trustee. In any transfer of property or any interest in property, if a trust is named as a grantee, whether such trust is held under the laws of this state or of any other jurisdiction, then such transfer is deemed to have been made to the trustee of such trust as though the trustee of such trust had been named as grantee instead of the trust. For any interest in real property to become trust property in a trust of which any transferor is a trustee, the instrument of conveyance shall additionally be recorded in the appropriate real property records. (Code 1981, § 53-12-25 , enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131; Ga. L. 2018, p. 262, § 6/HB 121.) Law reviews. - For annual survey on wills, trusts, guardianships, and fiduciary administration, see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 295 (2013). For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 219 (2018).
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