Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 14. MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS · Article 9. LIS PENDENS

44-14-612. Entry of dismissal, settlement, or final judgment.

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

Upon the dismissal of any action or cancellation pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 44-14-610 or when a settlement or final judgment is entered therein, or upon order of the court, the party initiating the filing of a lis pendens shall file a release of the lis pendens with the clerk of the superior court of each county where the lis pendens was recorded.

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. 345, § 3; Ga. L. 2023, p. 605, § 1-3/HB 444, effective July 1, 2023.

Effective date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2023. See Editor’s notes for applicability.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2023, p. 605, § 1-1/HB 444, repealed former Code Section 44-14-612, effective July 1, 2023. The former Code section related to entry of dismissal, settlement, or final judgment, and was based on Ga. L. 1939, p. 345, § 3. Ga. L. 2023, p. 605, § 3-1/HB 444, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall apply to any lis pendens filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court on or after July 1, 2023.”

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Text read from t44-ch8-17-(v32)-pdf.pdf, Volume V32, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, page 57; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 41d663706f28.