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O.C.G.A. § 53-5-4

Recovery of property from bona fide purchaser for value

— Code 1981, § 53-5-4, enacted by Ga

An executor acting under or any person claiming under a will offered for probate within the period described in Code Section 53-5-3 shall be permitted to recover from a bona fide purchaser for value:

(1) Property acquired from the heirs of the testator or anyone

claiming through them, unless an order that no administration is necessary was entered prior to the purchase and the purchase occurred prior to the probate of the will;

(2) Property set aside in a year’s support proceeding and acquired from the spouse or children of the testator or anyone claiming through them, unless the order granting year’s support was entered prior to the purchase and the purchase occurred prior to the probate of the will; and

(3) Property acquired from the administrator of the testator’s estate or the heirs of the testator or anyone claiming through them, unless the administrator was qualified prior to the purchase and the purchase occurred prior to the probate of the will.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.