2021 Georgia Code
Title 7 - Banking and Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Institutions
Article 2 - Banks and Trust Companies
Part 6 - Deposits, Safe-Deposit Agreements, and Money Received for Transmission
§ 7-1-358. Dormant Accounts

Universal Citation: GA Code § 7-1-358 (2021)

In accordance with and subject to the limitation of such regulations as the department may prescribe, a bank may, from time to time, charge a dormant account a reasonable service charge.

(Code 1933, § 13-2067, enacted by Ga. L. 1966, p. 590, § 10; Code 1933, § 41A-1611, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 705, § 1.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Repeals contrary provision in Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.

- Ga. L. 1974, p. 705, § 1 (see now O.C.G.A. § 7-1-358) repealed by implication the prohibition against the imposition of a service charge on dormant bank accounts contained in the Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (see now O.C.G.A. § 44-12-190 et seq.). 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-128.

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