OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Editor’s notes

— In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under former Code 1933, § 22-1324 and former Code Section 14-2-292, which were repealed by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1, effective July 1, 1989, are included in the annotations for this Code section. Department to act pursuant to legal evidence. — In receiving and disbursing the funds, the state treasurer (now the Department of Administrative Services) always should act pursuant to legal evidence, satisfactory to the treasurer (it), reciting all facts necessary under former Code 1933, § 22-1324 (see now O.C.G.A. § 14-2-1440) to entitle the applicant to deposit with or receive from the treasurer (Department) the sum in question. 1970 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 70-42 (decided under former Code 1933, § 22-1324). Proper method of disposing of accumulated and undisbursed receivership funds held by the Insurance Com- missioner in cases involving creditors or claimants of defunct domestic stock and mutual insurance companies who cannot be located or for whom checks issued for their pro rata portion have been for any reason returned unpaid is to turn such funds over to the Fiscal Division of the Department of Administrative Services (now the Office of State Treasurer), which shall ultimately remit the funds to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; in cases involving all other types of defunct insurance companies, the Insurance Commissioner should petition the superior court that supervised the particular insurance company’s dissolution proceedings for leave to deposit the accumulated and undisbursed receivership funds in its registry to be subsequently dealt with by order of the court as it deems advisable. 1975 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 75-83 (decided under former § 14-2-292).