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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-2-80. Treatment of land pending registration; appearance of person acquiring interest in land pending registration.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-2-80. Treatment of land pending registration; appearance of person acquiring interest in land pending registration.

Pending registration, the land described in any petition may be dealt with as if no petition had been filed; but any person who shall acquire any interest in or claim against any such land shall at once appear as a petitioner or answer as a party defendant in the pleadings for registration, and such interest or claim shall be subject to the decree of the court.

## History

Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 25; Code 1933, § 60-220.

## Cross References

Filing notice of lis pendens, § 44-14-610.