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O.C.G.A. § 7-1-351

Minors’ deposits and safe-deposit agreements

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(a) A bank may receive deposits from:

(1) A minor who is at least 16 years of age; or

(2) One or more minors jointly with one or more adults, as party to and with the same effect as a multiple-party account under Article

8 of this chapter.

(b) A bank may use electronic means, including, but not limited to, wire and mobile application software, to provide access to and facilitate the movement of money in such deposit account.

(c) A bank or trust company may rent a safe-deposit box or other receptacle for safe deposit of property to, and receive property for safe

deposit from:

(1) A minor who is at least 16 years of age; or

(2) One or more minors jointly with one or more adults.

(d) Abank or trust company may deal with a minor who is at least 16 years of age with respect to a deposit account or safe-deposit agreement covered by paragraph (1) of subsection (a) or paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of this Code section without the consent of a parent or guardian and with the same effect as though the minor were an adult. A parent or guardian shall not have any right in that capacity to interfere with any such transaction. Any action of the minor with respect to such deposit account or safe-deposit agreement shall be binding on the minor with the same effect as though the minor were an adult.

(e) Nothing in this Code section shall be deemed to require a bank or trust company to provide deposit accounts or safe-deposit agreements authorized by this Code section.

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.