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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-362. Cancellation of preliminary notice upon final payment; form of cancellation.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-362. Cancellation of preliminary notice upon final payment; form of cancellation.

(a) Upon final payment after all labor, services, or materials have been furnished, a person who has filed a preliminary notice of lien rights shall either deliver a cancellation of the preliminary notice of lien rights at the time of final payment or cause the notice to be canceled of record within ten days after final payment. Any person who fails to so cancel a preliminary notice shall be liable to the owner for all actual damages, costs, and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by the owner in having the preliminary notice canceled.

(b) The cancellation required under this Code section shall be in the following form:

“Clerk, Superior Court

of County

You are authorized and directed to cancel of record the preliminary notice of lien rights which we filed on the property owned by (state name of owner) on (give date) and recorded by you in Book , Page , of preliminary notices kept by you.

This day of , .

Lien claimant or attorney”

## History

Code 1981, § 44-14-362, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1450, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2022, punctuation was modified at the beginning and ending of the form in subsection (b).

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1983, p. 1450, § 1, effective July 1, 1983, renumbered former Code Section 44-14-362, relating to creation and declaration of liens, as present Code Section 44-14-361.1.