(a) Custodial property is created and a transfer is made whenever:

(1) An uncertificated security or a certificated security in registered form is either:

(A) Registered in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the

transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: "as

custodian for (name of minor) under 'The Georgia Transfers to

Minors Act'"; or

(B) Delivered if in certificated form, or any document necessary for the transfer of an uncertificated security is delivered, together with any necessary endorsement to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company as custodian, accompanied by an instrument in substantially the form set forth in subsection (b) of this Code section;

(2) Money is paid or delivered to a broker or financial institution for

credit to an account in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the

transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: "as

custodian for (name of minor) under 'The Georgia Transfers to

Minors Act'";

(3) The ownership of a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract is either:

(A) Registered with the issuer in the name of the transferor, an

adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by

the words: "as custodian for (name of minor) under 'The Georgia

Transfers to Minors Act'"; or

(B) Assigned in a writing delivered to an adult other than the

transferor or to a trust company whose name in the assignment is followed in

substance by the words: "as custodian for (name of minor) under

'The Georgia Transfers to Minors Act'";

(4) An irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment or an irrevocable

present right to future payment under a contract is the subject of a written

notification delivered to the payor, issuer, or other obligor that the right

is transferred to the transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a

trust company, whose name in the notification is followed in substance by the

words: "as custodian for (name of minor) under 'The Georgia

Transfers to Minors Act'";

(5) An interest in real property is recorded in the name of the

transferor, an adult other than the transferor, or a trust company, followed

in substance by the words: "as custodian for (name of minor)

under 'The Georgia Transfers to Minors Act'";

(6) A certificate of title issued by a department or agency of a state or of the United States which evidences title to tangible personal property is either:

(A) Issued in the name of the transferor, an adult other than the

transferor, or a trust company, followed in substance by the words: "as

custodian for (name of minor) under 'The Georgia Transfers to

Minors Act'"; or

(B) Delivered to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust

company, endorsed to that person, followed in substance by the words: "as

custodian for (name of minor) under 'The Georgia Transfers to

Minors Act'";

(7) An interest in any property not described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of this subsection is transferred to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company by a written instrument in substantially the form set forth in subsection (b) of this Code section.

(b) An instrument in the following form satisfies the requirements of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) and paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Code section:

"TRANSFER UNDER THE GEORGIA

TRANSFERS TO MINORS ACT

I, (name of transferor or name and representative capacity

if a fiduciary) transfer to (name of custodian), as custodian

for (name of minor) under 'The Georgia Transfers to Minors

Act,' the following: (insert a description of the custodial property

sufficient to identify it).

Dated:

(Signature)

(name of custodian) acknowledges receipt of the property

described above as custodian for the minor named above under 'The Georgia

Transfers to Minors Act.'

Dated:

(Signature of Custodian)"

(c) A transferor shall place the custodian in control of the custodial property as soon as practicable.