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2022 Georgia Code
Title 44 - Property
Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property
Article 2 - Conveyances
§ 44-5-42. Delivery of Deed to Third Party as Escrow; Possession as Proof of Delivery
Universal Citation: GA Code § 44-5-42 (2022)
A deed delivered to a third party, to be delivered on certain conditions to the grantee, is an escrow. Possession of that deed by the grantee is presumptive proof of a delivery, but that presumption may be rebutted.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2652; Code 1868, § 2651; Code 1873, § 2693; Code 1882, § 2693; Civil Code 1895, § 3603; Civil Code 1910, § 4183; Code 1933, § 29-105.
Law reviews.
For note discussing problems with profits generated by escrow account, and proposing federal legislative reform, see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 618 (1974).
For article surveying recent legislative and judicial developments in Georgia’s real property laws, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1979).
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