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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-19-53. Examination and abstract of titles; title insurance; employment of attorneys.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-19-53. Examination and abstract of titles; title insurance; employment of attorneys.

This article shall not prohibit a person, corporation, or voluntary association from examining the record of titles to real property, nor shall it prohibit a person, corporation, or voluntary association from preparing and issuing abstracts of title from such examination of records and certifying to the correctness of the same, nor from issuing policies of insurance on titles to real or personal property, nor from employing an attorney or attorneys in and about their own immediate affairs or in any litigation to which they are or may be a party. However, nothing contained in this Code section shall authorize any person, corporation, or voluntary association other than an attorney at law to express, render, or issue any legal opinion as to the status of the title to real or personal property.

## History

Ga. L. 1931, p. 191, § 1; Code 1933, § 9-403.

## Cross References

Definition of title insurance, § 33-7-8.