Section 53-2-50. Definition  


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  •    As used in this article, the term "escheat" is the reversion of property to the state upon a failure of heirs of a decedent to appear and make claim for or against property owned by the decedent at death for which no other disposition was provided either by will or otherwise.
Code 1981, § 53-2-50, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.