Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 14. MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS · Article 8. LIENS · Part 2. LANDLORDS

44-14-346. Giving false information as to liens; penalty.

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

A person who has given a lien under Code Section 44-14-340 or any other lien shall, when giving a new lien under the Code section on the same property to another person, inform such person, if questioned as to the facts, of the amount of such prior lien and to whom it was given. Any person who gives false information as to such facts shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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. 1873, p. 42, § 6; Code 1873, § 1978; Ga. L. 1875, p. 20, § 1; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 47, § 1; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 63, § 1; Code 1882, § 1978; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 72, § 1; Ga. L. 1895, p. 25, § 1; Penal Code 1895, § 668; Penal Code 1910, § 713; Code 1933, § 61-9901.

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