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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-40. Probate of mortgages.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-40. Probate of mortgages.

All the rules prescribed for the probate of deeds to land when the witnesses are dead, insane, or removed from the state and all the rules prescribed for the acknowledgment before or attestation by consuls or commissioners shall apply to the probate of mortgages.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1963; Code 1868, § 1951; Code 1873, § 1961; Code 1882, § 1961; Civil Code 1895, § 2731; Civil Code 1910, § 3264; Code 1933, § 67-112.