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Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 2. RECORDATION AND REGISTRATION OF DEEDS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS · Article 2. LAND REGISTRATION · Part 8. Forms

44-2-222. Process.

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  1. The following is prescribed as the form of process to be attached to the petition:

  2. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COUNTY

  3. STATE OF GEORGIA

  4. To the sheriffs of said state and their lawful deputies:

  5. The respondents

  6. and all other persons whom it may concern are required to show cause before said court, on the day of , , (not less than 40 nor more than 50 days from date of process) why the prayers of the foregoing petition should not be granted, and why the court should not proceed to judgment in such cause.

  7. Witness the Honorable , judge of said court, this the day of , .

  8. Clerk

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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. 1917, p. 108, § 87; Code 1933, § 60-603; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44.

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Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, pages 148 to 149; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.

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