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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM GLOSSARY
Probate is the court-supervised process for proving a will when required, appointing a personal representative, identifying assets and creditors, administering the estate, and transferring property to those entitled to receive it.
Transfer of Title
Involuntary ownership changes
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GLOSSARY TERM GUIDEBuild the complete exam definition
Learn the rule, separate it from the nearest distractor, then apply it to a Georgia fact pattern.
What does Probate mean?
Probate is the court-supervised process for proving a will when required, appointing a personal representative, identifying assets and creditors, administering the estate, and transferring property to those entitled to receive it.
How do you separate the nearest exam answer?
Probate administers the decedent's estate. Property held with valid survivorship rights may pass outside probate, while escheat applies when no lawful taker exists.
What changes or stays the same in Georgia?
Georgia probate courts and state succession law control authority to sign an estate deed. A relative is not automatically authorized to sell merely because the relative expects to inherit.
An executor appointed under a probated will obtains authority and conveys estate property according to the will, court requirements, and applicable law.
Death does not itself give every heir power to sign a deed for the estate.
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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM
GLOSSARY TERM GUIDERetrieve the rule under exam conditions
Answer before reading the explanation. Then explain why every distractor belongs to a different term.
Rosa dies owning a house in her name alone, with no survivorship deed. Her son, the only heir, wants to list and sign for the sale next week. No court has appointed a personal representative. What should the licensee advise?
- A
The son may sign, since he is the only heir
- B
The son may sign after recording the death certificate
- C
Authority must come through probate or succession law
- D
The house escheats to the state unless sold quickly
Death does not give an heir power to sign a deed for the estate. Authority to convey comes through the probate process, such as appointment of a personal representative, or another court order under Georgia succession law. Escheat applies only when no lawful taker exists, and here there is an heir.
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