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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-33. Attestation or acknowledgment of mortgage; additional witness in case of land; constructive notice.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-33. Attestation or acknowledgment of mortgage; additional witness in case of land; constructive notice.

In order to admit a mortgage to record, it shall be signed by the maker, attested by an officer as provided in Code Section 44-2-15, and attested by one other witness. In the absence of fraud, if a mortgage is duly signed, witnessed, filed, recorded, and indexed on the appropriate county land records, such recordation shall be deemed constructive notice to subsequent bona fide purchasers.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1957; Code 1868, § 1945; Code 1873, § 1955; Ga. L. 1876, p. 34, § 1; Code 1882, § 1955; Civil Code 1895, § 2724; Civil Code 1910, § 3257; Ga. L. 1931, p. 153, § 1; Code 1933, § 67-105; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1076, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 937, § 3/HB 322.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey on real property, see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 233 (2013).

For article, “Eleventh Circuit Survey: January 1, 2013 — December 31, 2013: Casenote: The Decline and Fall of Constructive Notice,” see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 1203 (2014).