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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-2-16. Effect of acknowledgment subsequent to execution.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-2-16. Effect of acknowledgment subsequent to execution.

If subsequent to its execution a recordable instrument is acknowledged in the presence of any of the officers referred to in Code Section 44-2-15, that fact, certified on the deed by such officer, shall entitle it to be recorded.

## History

Laws 1785, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 164; Laws 1827, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 171, 172; Laws 1839, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 177; Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 180, 181; Ga. L. 1849-50, p. 149, § 1; Ga. L. 1853-54, p. 26, § 1; Code 1863, § 2668; Code 1868, § 2664; Code 1873, § 2706; Code 1882, § 2706; Ga. L. 1893, p. 37, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 3620; Civil Code 1910, § 4202; Ga. L. 1924, p. 83, § 1; Ga. L. 1931, p. 153, § 1; Code 1933, § 29-408.