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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-13-11. Approval of application; transmittal of copy of exempted real property to other counties; recordation.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-13-11. Approval of application; transmittal of copy of exempted real property to other counties; recordation.

If, at the time and place appointed for passing upon the application, no objection is raised by any creditor of the applicant, the judge of the probate court shall endorse upon the schedule and upon the plat: “Approved this the day of , ,” filling the blanks, and shall sign the schedule and plat officially and hand such application to the clerk of the superior court of the clerk’s county; and, when land out of the clerk’s county is exempted, the judge shall transmit a certified copy of the exempted real property to the clerk of the superior court of each county in which exempted land is located. Each clerk of the superior court of a county in which exempted land is located shall record the exempted real property in a book to be kept for that purpose.

## History

Ga. L. 1868, p. 27, § 5; Code 1873, § 2009; Ga. L. 1877, p. 18, § 1; Code 1882, § 2009; Civil Code 1895, § 2835; Ga. L. 1898, p. 51, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 3385; Code 1933, § 51-402; Code 1981, § 44-13-12; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 44; Code 1981, § 44-13-11, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1170, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 83/HB 24.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1983, p. 1170, § 2, effective July 1, 1983, redesignated former Code Section 44-13-12 as this Code section. The 1983 Act also redesignated former Code Section 44-13-11, relating to survey of exempted real property, as present Code Section 44-13-10.

Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101/HB 24, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act shall apply to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after January 1, 2013.

## Law Reviews

For article, “Evidence,” see 27 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2011).

For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011).