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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-2-8. Recording of options to purchase land and assignments of such options; effect as notice.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-2-8. Recording of options to purchase land and assignments of such options; effect as notice.

When executed with the formality prescribed for the execution of deeds to land, options to purchase land or any interest in land and assignments of such options to purchase may be recorded in the county in which the property described in the instrument is located. The record shall, from the date of filing, be notice of the interest and rights of the parties to the option to purchase in and with respect to the property described in the option to purchase and of the interest and rights of any person holding an assignment of the option to purchase.

## History

Ga. L. 1960, p. 858, § 1.