§ 53-3-47 - (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Probated foreign wills as muniments of title to realty; admission in evidence - Georgia Statutes

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O.C.G.A. 53-3-47 (2010)
53-3-47. (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Probated foreign wills as muniments of title to realty; admission in evidence

(a) All wills executed in another state and witnessed according to the laws of such state, which are probated in another state, shall constitute muniments of title for the transfer and conveyance of real property in this state to the distributees or devisees mentioned in the wills. The wills shall be admitted in evidence in this state as muniments of title without being probated in this state, when accompanied by properly authenticated certified copies of the record admitting the will to probate in another state, certified according to Code Section 24-7-24, and when the will is recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the land is situated, in the record in which deeds are recorded in this state.

(b) This Code section shall apply to all cases in which real property is held or claimed under foreign wills and to all actions which are brought to recover or protect real property in this state.

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O.C.G.A. 53-3-47 (2010)
53-3-47. (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Probated foreign wills as muniments of title to realty; admission in evidence

(a) All wills executed in another state and witnessed according to the laws of such state, which are probated in another state, shall constitute muniments of title for the transfer and conveyance of real property in this state to the distributees or devisees mentioned in the wills. The wills shall be admitted in evidence in this state as muniments of title without being probated in this state, when accompanied by properly authenticated certified copies of the record admitting the will to probate in another state, certified according to Code Section 24-7-24, and when the will is recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the land is situated, in the record in which deeds are recorded in this state.

(b) This Code section shall apply to all cases in which real property is held or claimed under foreign wills and to all actions which are brought to recover or protect real property in this state.

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O.C.G.A. 53-3-47 (2010)
53-3-47. (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Probated foreign wills as muniments of title to realty; admission in evidence

(a) All wills executed in another state and witnessed according to the laws of such state, which are probated in another state, shall constitute muniments of title for the transfer and conveyance of real property in this state to the distributees or devisees mentioned in the wills. The wills shall be admitted in evidence in this state as muniments of title without being probated in this state, when accompanied by properly authenticated certified copies of the record admitting the will to probate in another state, certified according to Code Section 24-7-24, and when the will is recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the land is situated, in the record in which deeds are recorded in this state.

(b) This Code section shall apply to all cases in which real property is held or claimed under foreign wills and to all actions which are brought to recover or protect real property in this state.