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Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 14. MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS · Article 6. EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING PERSONALTY

44-14-142. Recording of affidavit; indexing; fee.

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

  1. The clerk of the superior court shall file the affidavit required by Code Section 44-14-141, reindex the instrument mentioned in the affidavit, and enter on the margin of the record of the instrument a reference to the filing of the affidavit, which shall state the date of the filing of the affidavit and the amount unpaid on the obligation secured by the instrument, for which services the clerk shall be entitled to a fee as required by Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15.

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. 1937, p. 760, § 3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1396, § 20; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1002, § 10.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, “clerk” was substituted for “clerks” preceding “shall be entitled to a fee”.

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

Text read from t44-ch8-15-(v32)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V32, 2022 edition, page 543; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 02e72213893a.