{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-2-50","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-2-50","heading":"Definition.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 2 Descent and Distribution","Article 5 Escheat"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.53.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":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"059d03cf0d15c8e18e6e9d2082e2bf32d9e2ca85e05e625aa60a0abbf36806b7","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-2-42","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-2-51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}