Any debtor may, except as to wearing apparel and $300.00 worth of household and kitchen furniture and provisions, waive or renounce his right to the benefit of the exemption provided for by this article by a waiver, either general or specific, in writing simply stating that he does so waive or renounce such right, which waiver may be stated in the contract of indebtedness or may be made contemporaneously therewith or may be made subsequent to the execution of the contract of indebtedness in a separate paper.
(Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 99, § 6; Code 1882, § 2039a; Civil Code 1895, § 2863; Civil Code 1910, § 3413; Code 1933, § 51-1101; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1170, § 2.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 31 Am. Jur. 2d, Exemptions, § 143 et seq. 40 Am. Jur. 2d, Homesteads, § 187 et seq.
C.J.S.- 40 C.J.S., Homesteads, §§ 108, 119 et seq.
ALR.
- Estoppel to claim, or waiver of, homestead by direction of judgment debtor to levy on real estate, 101 A.L.R. 851.
Recital in deed or mortgage disclaiming homestead as respects property described or affirming homestead in other property, 128 A.L.R. 414.