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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-1-18. Execution search prior to conveyance of property; certificate of clearance required; requirements for requests; binding effect; timing of information release; failure to comply; retention; criminal penalties; exceptions; requirements for certificate; regulatory authority.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-1-18. Execution search prior to conveyance of property; certificate of clearance required; requirements for requests; binding effect; timing of information release; failure to comply; retention; criminal penalties; exceptions; requirements for certificate; regulatory authority.

No text is printed for this reserved section.

## History

Code 1981, § 44-1-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 723, § 12/HB 337; repealed by Ga. L. 2018, p. 1, § 6/HB 661, effective February 20, 2018.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2018, p. 1, § 6/HB 661 repealed and reserved this Code section, effective February 20, 2018.

Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 54(e)/SB 365, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, effective May 8, 2018, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “In the event of an irreconcilable conflict between a provision in Sections 1 through 53 of this Act and a provision of another Act enacted at the 2010 regular session of the General Assembly, the provision of such other Act shall control over the conflicting provision in Sections 1 through 53 of this Act to the extent of the conflict.” Accordingly, the amendments to subsection (a) of this Code section by Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 44(1)/SB 365, were not given effect.