What each source establishes
The Georgia guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and any statutory creditor-deadline gaps the related guide names rather than guesses through.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.
Simplified-procedure rule
Georgia General Assembly (Digital Library of Georgia official legislative collection) · This Act shall become effective on January 1, 1998. · Verified August 9, 2026
53-2-40. (a) When an individual has died intestate and there has been no administration in this state, any heir of the decedent may file a petition praying for an order that no administration is necessary. The petition shall be filed in the probate court of the county of the domicile of the Page 536 decedent, if the decedent was domiciled in this state, or in the county in which real property is located, if the decedent was not domiciled in this state.
What was published from this source
GA Ga. L. 1996, Act No. 754; O.C.G.A. §§ 53-2-40 to 53-2-42
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Simplified-procedure rule
Georgia Governor · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · Verified August 9, 2026
SECTION 59.1405 Said title is further amended by revising subsections (b) and (d) of Code Section 53-7-41,1406 relating to notice for creditors to render accounts, notification of creditors' claims,1407 requirement of reasonable additional proof or accounting, and failure of creditors to give1408 notice of claims, as follows:
What this means: The signed act has no express effective-date clause in the harvested text. It amends the relevant current wording and is used with that limitation disclosed.
What was published from this source
GA 2025 HB 327, §§48, 55, 59
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Executor compensation rule
Georgia General Assembly (Digital Library of Georgia official legislative collection) · This Act shall become effective on January 1, 1998. · Verified August 9, 2026
If the personal representative's compensation is not specified in the will or any separate written agreement, the personal representative for services rendered shall be entitled to compensation equal to: (1) Two and one-half percent commission on all sums of money received by the personal representative on account of the estate, except on money loaned by and repaid to the personal representative, and 2 1/2 percent commission on all sums paid out by the personal representative, either for debts, legacies, or distributive shares; (2) Ten percent commission on the amount of interest made
What this means: HB 327 (2025) revised subsection (a) agreement language but did not restate subsection (b), which contains these default percentages; the 2025 signed act is separately cited.
What was published from this source
GA Ga. L. 1996, Act No. 754; O.C.G.A. § 53-6-60(b)
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Court cost rule
Georgia Governor · This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2025, and shall apply to fees paid in a probate181 court on and after such date. · Verified August 9, 2026
For each estate filing, as provided in33 Title 53, the filing fees shall be as follows:34 (1) Petition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 $175.00
What was published from this source
GA 2024 SB 232, §§1, 3, 6; O.C.G.A. §§15-9-60(e), 15-21A-6(b)
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