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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 14. MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS · Article 8. LIENS · Part 14. BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS

44-14-590. Recording of bankruptcy petition, decree, or order; fees.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. A certified copy of a petition, with schedules omitted, commencing a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, P.L. 95-598, codified at 11 U.S.C. Section 101, et seq., or of the decree of adjudication in the proceeding, or of the order approving the bond of the trustee appointed in the proceeding may be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of any county in the same manner as deeds are filed and recorded. It shall be the duty of the clerk to docket and index, under the name of the bankrupt, and record the certified copies of the petition, decree, or order filed for record in the same manner as deeds. Clerks shall be entitled to the same fees for docketing, indexing, and recording the copies of such petitions, decrees, or orders as for docketing, indexing, and recording deeds.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1939, p. 242, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 44.

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Text read from t44-ch8-15-(v32)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V32, 2022 edition, pages 881 to 882; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 02e72213893a.