Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 2. RECORDATION AND REGISTRATION OF DEEDS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS · Article 1. RECORDING · Part 1. Recording of Deeds and Other Real Property Transactions

44-2-3. Voluntary deeds or conveyances of land; effect of recording.

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Every unrecorded voluntary deed or conveyance of land made by any person shall be void as against subsequent bona fide purchasers for value without notice of such voluntary deed or conveyance; provided, however, that, if the voluntary deed or conveyance is recorded in accordance with Code Section 44-2-1, it shall have priority over subsequent deeds or conveyances to the described land.

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 2588; Code 1868, § 2590; Code 1873, § 2632; Code 1882, § 2632; Civil Code 1895, § 3530; Civil Code 1910, § 4110; Code 1933, § 96-205; Ga. L. 1943, p. 400, § 1; Code 1933, § 29-401.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 475, § 1.

Law reviews

For annual survey of real property law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 395 (2004). For article, ‘‘Eleventh Circuit Survey: January 1, 2008 — December 31, 2008: Article: Trial Practice and Procedure,’’ see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 1313 (2009).

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