Georgia CommonsTitle 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 14. MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS · Article 8. LIENS · Part 8. HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES
44-14-472. Duties of clerk; lien book; fee.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
The clerk of the superior court shall endorse the date and hour of filing on the statement filed pursuant to Code Section 44-14-471; and, at the expense of the county, the clerk shall provide a lien book with a proper index in which the clerk shall enter the date and hour of the filing; the names and addresses of the hospital, nursing home, physician practice, chiropractic practice, or provider of traumatic burn care medical practice, the operators thereof, and the patient; and the amount claimed. The information shall be recorded in the name of the patient. The clerk shall receive a fee as required by subparagraph (f)(1)(A) of Code Section 15-6-77 as his or her fee for such filing.
History
Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 105, § 3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1396, § 18; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 44; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1141, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1429, § 3; Ga. L. 2003, p. 140, § 44; Ga. L. 2004, p. 394, § 3; Ga. L. 2006, p. 334, § 3/SB 306; Ga. L. 2023, p. 399, § 1/SB 168, effective July 1, 2023.
Amendments
The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, inserted “chiropractic practice,” following “physician practice,” in the first sentence.
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Text read from t44-ch8-17-(v32)-pdf.pdf, Volume V32, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, page 53; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 41d663706f28.
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