Title 50, Chapter 16, Section 82
( 50-16-82)
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Person" means any individual; general or limited partnership;
joint venture; firm; private, public, or public service
corporation; association; unincorporated association; fiduciary;
or any other entity other than the state. (2) "State" means the State of Georgia, its agencies, departments,
divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions, authorities, and
associations. (b) Payment of purchase money or any other consideration by any
person, which payment causes or partially causes property, real or
personal or mixed, to be transferred to the state shall not result
in nor imply a trust, nor permit the inference that a trust was
created, nor permit the inference that any other interest, legal or
equitable, was created either in favor of the person making the
payment or in favor of any other person unless the trust or other
interest is established expressly in writing. (c) Payment of purchase money or any other consideration by any
person, which payment causes or partially causes property, real or
personal or mixed, to be transferred to the state, shall be
conclusively presumed to be a gift to the state. |