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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-43. Foreclosure of mortgage after note barred by limitations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-43. Foreclosure of mortgage after note barred by limitations.

The fact that a note or other evidence of debt is barred does not prevent a creditor from thereafter availing himself of the mortgage or other security unless the mortgage or other security itself is barred.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 2735; Civil Code 1910, § 3268; Code 1933, § 67-116.

## History of Section.

This Code section is derived from the decisions in Elkins v. Edwards, 8 Ga. 325 (1849) and Reid v. Flippen, 47 Ga. 273 (1872).