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2022 Georgia Code
Title 10 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 6 - Agency
Article 2 - Relations Between Principal and Agent
§ 10-6-36. Revocation of Agency — Effect of Incompetency or Incapacity of Principal on Power of Attorney
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GA Code § 10-6-36 (2022)
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A written power of attorney, unless expressly providing otherwise, shall not be terminated by the incompetency or incapacity of the principal. The power to act as an attorney in fact for a principal who subsequently becomes incompetent or incapacitated shall remain in force until such time as a conservator or receiver shall be appointed for the principal or until some other judicial proceeding shall terminate the power.
History. Code 1933, § 4-214.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 493, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 485, § 2; Ga. L. 2008, p. 715, § 1/SB 508.
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For note discussing revocation of proxy upon maker’s incapacity, see 17 Ga. St. B. J. 88 (1980).
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