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# O.C.G.A. § 44-2-229. Referral to examiner.

Upon the clerk’s notifying the judge that a petition has been filed, the judge shall promptly refer the petition to an examiner in substantially the following form:

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

)

In re petition ) Civil action

of ) File no.

)

ORDER

Application having been filed to register

land, it is hereby ordered that this matter be and is referred to , as examiner for proceedings in conformity with the Land Registration Law.

This day of , .

Judge

## History

Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 94; Code 1933, § 60-610; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44.