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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-181. Proceedings by personal representative when mortgagee deceased.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-181. Proceedings by personal representative when mortgagee deceased.

If the person entitled to foreclose a mortgage on real estate is dead, the application and proceeding to foreclose may be made and prosecuted by his executor or administrator.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3867; Code 1868, § 3887; Code 1873, § 3963; Code 1882, § 3963; Civil Code 1895, § 2744; Civil Code 1910, § 3277; Code 1933, § 67-202.