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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-382. When laborers’ liens arise; priority of conflicting liens.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-382. When laborers’ liens arise; priority of conflicting liens.

Liens of laborers shall arise upon the completion of the contract of labor but shall not exist against bona fide purchasers without notice until they have been reduced to execution and levied on by an officer. Laborers’ liens which conflict with each other shall rank according to date, each dating from the completion of the contract of labor.

## History

Ga. L. 1873, p. 42, § 4; Code 1873, § 1976; Code 1882, § 1976; Civil Code 1895, § 2794; Civil Code 1910, § 3339; Code 1933, § 67-1803.