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Georgia Heirs Property Law Center
Offered by Georgia Heirs Property Law Center
About
About This Program
Free legal help for Georgia families with heirs property, including clearing title, wills and estate plans. The Center can't take every case.
Eligibility
Who Can Apply
- Heirs property owner in Georgia (inherited property without clear title)
- The Center's work focuses on low- and moderate-income Georgians
Area served: State of Georgia
The offer
What's Offered
- Title clearing, including title abstracts, family meetings, probate and quiet title actions
- Wills and estate planning
- Help accessing land management and home improvement programs
- Financial education on home and land ownership
Amount: Free legal services; not direct housing funding
Cost: Free
Get ready
What You'll Need
- Copies of deeds for the property
- Heirs determination packet listing living and deceased heirs
- Death certificates and obituaries for the original owner and deceased heirs
- Wills or probate documents
- Written family or third-party agreements about the property
- Legal notices such as tax sale, foreclosure, lawsuit or code violation notices
Key dates
Dates
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