{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-5-100","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-5-100","heading":"Criteria for making valid gift causa mortis.","body":"(a) To constitute a valid gift in contemplation of death, the following criteria must be met:\n(1) The object of the gift must be personal property;\n(2) The donor must be in his last illness or in peril of death;\n(3) The gift must be intended to be absolute only in the event of death;\n(4) The gift must be perfected by either actual or symbolic delivery; and\n(5) The gift must be proved by one or more witnesses.\n(b) A gift in contemplation of death may be made by parol.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 5 Acquisition and Loss of Property","Article 4 Gifts Generally","PART 2 Gifts Causa Mortis"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"d1288b88ea66db94b4db6ffffa7f75c30a6abd99194265770f45690ea25330da","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-5-89","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-5-110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}