§ 7-1-196 - Advance payment of dividends to depositors
               	 		
O.C.G.A.    7-1-196   (2010)
   7-1-196.    Advance payment of dividends to depositors 
      (a)  After  filing a supplement to the certificate of possession setting forth its  determination to liquidate the affairs of the financial institution, the  department may, without leave of court and without filing an account,  make an advance payment of a dividend to all depositors the amounts of  whose claims, as they appear upon the books or other records of the  financial institution, are undisputed. The dividend shall be calculated  as if the claims of all other depositors, as they appear upon the books  or other records of the financial institution, and the claims of all  creditors or other corporations or persons who assert priority over or  parity with depositors in the order of distribution of the assets, were  valid and uncontested.
(b)  However, the  department shall not make such an advance payment of a dividend to any  depositor until it shall have set aside an amount sufficient to pay in  full the claims of all creditors or other corporations or persons  asserting or entitled to priority over depositors in the order of  distribution and to pay the proportionate dividend on the amounts  claimed by the other depositors and by any creditors or other  corporations or persons who are entitled to or who claim parity with  depositors in the order of distribution provided for by law. The  department shall likewise set aside, before making such advance payment,  such amount as it shall deem necessary for the expenses of  administration of the receivership.