Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 6. SUPERIOR COURTS · Article 2. CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURTS

15-6-63. Obtaining of names of grantors and grantees prior to recordation of title transfer.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
The clerk of the superior court, prior to recordation of any deed which has the effect of transferring title, shall obtain the name and address of the grantor(s) and the grantee(s) either in the deed or on the real estate transfer tax declaration form.#
(b)
The failure of the clerk to obtain the name and address as required in subsection (a) of this Code section shall in no way affect the title to the real estate involved, the marketability of title, or the notice intent of the recorded deed.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1978, p. 1654, § 1.

Cross references

Recording and registration of deeds and other instruments generally, § 44-2-1 et seq.

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