Georgia Statutes

§ 10-6b-42 — Construction of authority of agent generally

Georgia § 10-6b-42

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O.C.G.A. § 10-6b-42 (2026).

Text

Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, by executing a power of attorney that incorporates by reference a subject described in Code Sections 10-6B-43 through 10-6B-56 or that grants to an agent authority to do all acts that a principal could do pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Section 10-6B-40 , a principal shall authorize the agent, with respect to that subject, to:

(1)Demand, receive, and obtain by litigation or otherwise, money or any other thing of value to which the principal is, may become, or claims to be entitled, and conserve, invest, disburse, or use anything so received or obtained for the purposes intended;
(2)Contract in any manner with any person, on terms agreeable to the agent, to accomplish a purpose of a transaction and perform, rescind, cancel, termina

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Legislative History

Amended by 2018 Ga. Laws 412,§ 14, eff. 7/1/2018. Added by 2017 Ga. Laws 186,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2017.

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