---
title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-140. Expiration of notice effected by recording of mortgage or other security instrument on personalty.
collection: code
id: 44-14-140
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-140 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-14-140
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-14-140.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-14-140/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t44-ch8-15-(v32)-2022-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=9e9e06de_0#page=541
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-14.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-14-126.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-14-141.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: PROPERTY / MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS / EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING PERSONALTY
---

# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-140. Expiration of notice effected by recording of mortgage or other security instrument on personalty.

The notice given to third persons by the filing for record of any mortgage, bill of sale to secure debt, retention of title contract, or other security instrument creating a lien on, retaining title to, or conveying an interest in personal property only shall expire at the end of seven years from the date of the filing thereof for record.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 760, § 1; Ga. L. 1945, p. 389, § 1.