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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-30. Mortgage as security only; effect on title.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-30. Mortgage as security only; effect on title.

A mortgage in this state is only security for a debt and passes no title.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1956; Code 1868, § 1944; Code 1873, § 1954; Code 1882, § 1954; Civil Code 1895, § 2723; Ga. L. 1899, p. 32, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 3256; Code 1933, § 67-101.

## Law Reviews

For article comparing rights of grantees holding deeds to secure debts against a bankrupt debtor to those rights of the mortgagee, and lienor, see 10 Ga. B.J. 5 (1947).