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title: Title 44, Chapter 2. Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments
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heading: RECORDATION AND REGISTRATION OF DEEDS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS
title_heading: PROPERTY
section_count: 161
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# Title 44, Chapter 2. Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments

Title 44. Property

161 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 44-2-1, Where and when deeds recorded; priority as to subsequent deeds taken without notice from same vendor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-1.md
- 44-2-2, Duty of clerk to record certain transaction affecting real estate and personal property; priority of recorded instruments; electronic filings; effect of incorrect tax parcel identification number; effect of recording on rights between parties to instruments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-2.md
- 44-2-3, Voluntary deeds or conveyances of land; effect of recording, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-3.md
- 44-2-4, Protection of good faith purchases and liens without notice against unrecorded liens or conveyances, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-4.md
- 44-2-5, Recording execution and deed after sheriff’s sale, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-5.md
- 44-2-6, Recording bond for title, contracts, transfers, and assignments; priority as to subsequent deeds taken without notice from same vendor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-6.md
- 44-2-7, Recording of surrender or satisfaction of bond for title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-7.md
- 44-2-8, Recording of options to purchase land and assignments of such options; effect as notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-8.md
- 44-2-9, Recording leases, usufructs, and assignments thereof; effect as notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-9.md
- 44-2-10, Recording deeds and bills of sale to personalty; effect as notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-10.md
- 44-2-11, Recording copy of instrument recorded in other counties in which part of affected land is located in cases where original lost or destroyed, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-11.md
- 44-2-12, Rerecording lost or destroyed deeds and other instruments; validity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-12.md
- 44-2-13, Rerecording instruments upon creation of new county or change in county lines; effect on validity of original record, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-13.md
- 44-2-14, Requirements for recordation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-14.md
- 44-2-15, Officers authorized to attest registrable instruments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-15.md
- 44-2-16, Effect of acknowledgment subsequent to execution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-16.md
- 44-2-17, Validity of attestation by a state or county officer who appears to have no jurisdiction to attest the instrument, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-17.md
- 44-2-18, Recording deed upon affidavit of subscribing witness; effect of substantial compliance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-18.md
- 44-2-19, Recording deed on affidavit of third person, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-19.md
- 44-2-20, Recorded affidavits relating to land as notice of facts cited therein; filing and recording, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-20.md
- 44-2-21, Recording instrument executed out of state; attestation and acknowledgment; validity of attestation by officer who appears to have no jurisdiction to attest the instrument, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-21.md
- 44-2-22, Legal effect of good record title for 40 years, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-22.md
- 44-2-23, When deed serves as evidence; effect of affidavit alleging forgery, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-23.md
- 44-2-24, Withdrawal of affidavit of forgery upon loss of deed by affiant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-24.md
- 44-2-25, Recording techniques; copies of plats, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-25.md
- 44-2-26, Recording of plat or copy of plat — When and where authorized; duty of clerk, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-26.md
- 44-2-27, Recording of plat — When deemed recorded, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-27.md
- 44-2-28, Recording of plat or copy of plat — Incorporation by reference, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-28.md
- 44-2-29, Recording of plat or copy of plat — Ratification of record made prior to statutory authorization; effect of incorporation by reference of plat prior to authorization, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-29.md
- 44-2-30, Filing and recording of notice of settlement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-30.md
- 44-2-35, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-35.md
- 44-2-36, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-36.md
- 44-2-37, Electronic documents treated as original; electronic signatures acceptable, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-37.md
- 44-2-38, Role of clerk of court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-38.md
- 44-2-39, Adoption of rules and regulations; standardization, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-39.md
- 44-2-39.1, Promotion of uniformity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-39.1.md
- 44-2-39.2, Construction with federal law, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-39.2.md
- 44-2-40, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-40.md
- 44-2-41, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-41.md
- 44-2-42, Performance of clerk’s and sheriff’s duties by deputies; liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-42.md
- 44-2-43, Fraud, forgery, and theft in connection with registration of title to land; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-43.md
- 44-2-44, Fraudulent acts by office of clerk personnel; penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-44.md
- 44-2-45, Fraud or false entries by sheriffs and deputies; penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-45.md
- 44-2-46, Fraudulent acts and malpractice of examiners; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-46.md
- 44-2-47, Reduction of felonies under this article to misdemeanors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-47.md
- 44-2-60, Jurisdiction of superior court over matters in this article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-60.md
- 44-2-61, Proceedings to be in rem; operation of decree, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-61.md
- 44-2-62, Procedure as to actions for registration; persons under disability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-62.md
- 44-2-63, Persons claiming less than fee; establishing title without registration, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-63.md
- 44-2-64, Petition — Verification; contents; description of land; surveys; amendments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-64.md
- 44-2-65, Petition — Inclusion of separate parcels in one proceeding; individual registration of separate parts of one tract, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-65.md
- 44-2-66, Petition — Persons included as defendants, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-66.md
- 44-2-67, Issuance and service of process or summons; service by publication; notice to nonresidents; request for petition; guardians ad litem, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-67.md
- 44-2-68, Appointment of resident agent for service on nonresident petitioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-68.md
- 44-2-69, Service upon state, county, or municipality, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-69.md
- 44-2-70, Waiver or acknowledgment of service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-70.md
- 44-2-71, Conclusive effect of evidence of service of process and notice; liability of officers for false returns or failure to publish or mail notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-71.md
- 44-2-72, Posting notice on land and buildings; ascertainment of and notice to occupants; return to court; seizure and custody of the land and attachment of jurisdiction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-72.md
- 44-2-73, Effect of notice; appearances or pleadings as waiver of service, notice, and defects, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-73.md
- 44-2-74, Service on other persons found by examiner to be entitled to notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-74.md
- 44-2-75, Additional notice; judge’s discretion, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-75.md
- 44-2-76, Who may file objections or cross-action to petition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-76.md
- 44-2-77, Survey of land upon order of judge or examiner; notice to adjoining landowners; protest; procedure for trying issue, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-77.md
- 44-2-78, Dismissal without prejudice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-78.md
- 44-2-79, Amendment or severance of petitions or other pleadings; power of court or examiner to require additional facts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-79.md
- 44-2-80, Treatment of land pending registration; appearance of person acquiring interest in land pending registration, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-80.md
- 44-2-81, No default judgment or decree, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-81.md
- 44-2-82, Entry of judgment and decree; inclusion of limitations and encumbrances; decree in favor of cross-action; separate decree for each parcel, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-82.md
- 44-2-83, Conclusiveness of decree; effect of disability on conclusiveness; recourse of persons under a disability against assurance fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-83.md
- 44-2-84, Review by Court of Appeals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-84.md
- 44-2-100, Appointment and qualification of examiners and special examiners; filing order of appointment and affidavit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-100.md
- 44-2-101, Referral of case to examiner; preliminary report; contents; time of filing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-101.md
- 44-2-102, Hearing; final report; delay of hearing to add new parties; notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-102.md
- 44-2-103, Examiner’s powers; contents, filing, and notice of examiner’s report; right to jury trial, new trial, and appeal; recommitment to examiner after trial or reversal on appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-103.md
- 44-2-104, Authority to inspect pertinent records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-104.md
- 44-2-105, Appointment of stenographer; compensation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-105.md
- 44-2-120, Furnishing and maintaining register books; issuance of owner’s certificate of title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-120.md
- 44-2-121, Signing and dating register entries and owners’ certificates, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-121.md
- 44-2-122, Clerk’s duties and liabilities; conclusive effect of registration entries; time for filing caveat; petition for direction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-122.md
- 44-2-123, Clerk’s duty to ensure proper execution of voluntary transfer; liability for damage or loss arising from registration of improperly executed transfer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-123.md
- 44-2-124, Performance of duties upon disqualification, death, or disability of clerk, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-124.md
- 44-2-125, When recordation other than registration not required; filing instruments; admissibility of certified copies and use as evidence; recordation procedure when instrument is not in short form, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-125.md
- 44-2-126, Notation of lien or encumbrance on certificate of title — In general, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-126.md
- 44-2-127, Notation of lien or encumbrance on certificate of title — Registered encumbrances, rights, and adverse claims, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-127.md
- 44-2-128, Registration of transactions affecting unregistered land as notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-128.md
- 44-2-129, Registration of involuntary transactions on court’s order; form, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-129.md
- 44-2-130, Cancellation of decedent’s certificate and issuance of new certificate to personal representative, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-130.md
- 44-2-131, Declaration of title by descent upon petition; service of petition and publication of notice; transfer of registered title and issuance of new certificates; rights of surviving spouse, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-131.md
- 44-2-132, Compelling production of owner’s certificate for registration of involuntary transfer; cancellation of certificate upon failure to produce it; notice of cancellation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-132.md
- 44-2-133, Procedure for obtaining duplicate of lost owner’s certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-133.md
- 44-2-134, Filing caveat objecting to entry in title register; show cause hearing upon caveat, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-134.md
- 44-2-135, Obtaining notations in title register, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-135.md
- 44-2-136, Cancellation of mortgage, lien, equity, or lis pendens; entry of cancellation on title register and certificate; procedure upon refusal to authorize cancellation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-136.md
- 44-2-137, What adverse claims affect registered land; effect of fraud or forgery; limitations on actions to set aside, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-137.md
- 44-2-138, What limitations govern actions by injured party for fraud or negligence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-138.md
- 44-2-139, Registration and title certificate to run with land, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-139.md
- 44-2-140, Availability of prescription or adverse possession against registered land, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-140.md
- 44-2-141, Rights, burdens, and incidents as to both registered and unregistered land; validity of transfers of title by last registered owner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-141.md
- 44-2-142, Notation of change of name on register and certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-142.md
- 44-2-143, Notation of liens and lis pendens on register; effect absent notation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-143.md
- 44-2-144, Freeing land from further registration; certificates as conclusive source of title; notation of encumbrances; when land automatically freed; registered land free of further registration; exception, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-144.md
- 44-2-160, Manner of recording deeds conveying title to registered land; validity of previous conveyances of registered land, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-160.md
- 44-2-161, Partial transfer of registered land; undivided interest; interest in particular portion; notations on register; issuance of certificates, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-161.md
- 44-2-162, Subdivision of registered land; procedure, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-162.md
- 44-2-163, Conveyance to secure debt; form; notation and registration; creditor’s certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-163.md
- 44-2-164, Assignment or negotiation of creditor’s certificate; effect of transfer of indebtedness; surrender and cancellation of certificate; order of cancellation; notation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-164.md
- 44-2-165, Sale by holder of creditor’s certificate; application for transfer to purchaser; opportunity to object to transfer; order of application of sale proceeds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-165.md
- 44-2-166, Transfer to secure debt; notation of bond for title or to reconvey, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-166.md
- 44-2-167, Validity and priority of unrecorded transfers of owner’s certificate to registered lands, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-167.md
- 44-2-168, Descent of registered land as personalty, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-168.md
- 44-2-169, Personal representative as trustee; right of personal representative to a commission; power of heirs to require transfer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-169.md
- 44-2-170, Right of personal representative to have registered land transferred to him where such land transferred to heirs before his appointment; action against heirs who have improperly appropriated land, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-170.md
- 44-2-171, Procedure for ascertaining, and transfer to, heirs or beneficiaries, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-171.md
- 44-2-172, Transfer by clerk pursuant to judgment; production of copy of decree and order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-172.md
- 44-2-173, Petition for involuntary transfer; referral to examiner; notice; appointment of guardians ad litem; order of transfer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-173.md
- 44-2-174, Attack on transfers made to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors; decree voiding such transfer; entry of cancellations and transfers on register and certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-174.md
- 44-2-175, Registering subsequent transfers or voluntary conveyances of land held in trust or otherwise restricted, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-175.md
- 44-2-176, Duty of tax officer to have delinquent taxes or assessments noted; effect of delinquencies prior to notation; liability of officer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-176.md
- 44-2-190, Payment into assurance fund upon original registration; determination of amount, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-190.md
- 44-2-191, Separate account for assurance fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-191.md
- 44-2-192, Investment of fund; application of income; transfer of excess, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-192.md
- 44-2-193, Action against fund — Limitations; defense by Attorney General; measure of damages; tolling of limitations during disability; notice to unknown persons, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-193.md
- 44-2-194, Action against fund — Parties defendant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-194.md
- 44-2-195, Action against fund — Execution on judgment; payment from fund; liability of other defendants to plaintiff and to fund, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-195.md
- 44-2-196, Action against fund — How judgments satisfied when fund insufficient; interest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-196.md
- 44-2-197, Liability of fund for registered owner’s breach of trust, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-197.md
- 44-2-210, Fees under article; deposit and payment of fees; award of costs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-210.md
- 44-2-220, Power of judges to make general rules and forms for matters under this article; power to modify forms; uniformity of forms, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-220.md
- 44-2-221, Petition to register land, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-221.md
- 44-2-222, Process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-222.md
- 44-2-223, Advertisement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-223.md
- 44-2-224, Acknowledgment of service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-224.md
- 44-2-225, Sheriff’s return, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-225.md
- 44-2-226, Certificate of mailing; entry of such certificate on petition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-226.md
- 44-2-227, Examiner’s appointment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-227.md
- 44-2-228, Oath of examiner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-228.md
- 44-2-229, Referral to examiner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-229.md
- 44-2-230, Preliminary report of examiner; schedules, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-230.md
- 44-2-231, Final report of examiner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-231.md
- 44-2-232, Decrees of title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-232.md
- 44-2-233, Book of decrees; index, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-233.md
- 44-2-234, Title register book; registered title number; index of title register, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-234.md
- 44-2-235, Duty of clerk to enter on new certificate all entries and notations of record, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-235.md
- 44-2-236, Certified copies of certificates of title or entries thereon, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-236.md
- 44-2-237, Recordation and notation of plat, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-237.md
- 44-2-238, Recordation of lengthy description — Reference on title register; effect, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-238.md
- 44-2-239, Recordation of lengthy description — Notation on owner’s or creditor’s certificate; attaching certified copy; fee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-239.md
- 44-2-240, Owner’s certificate of title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-240.md
- 44-2-241, Transfer of whole of registered estates, undivided interests, divided portions, and to secure debt, with power of sale, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-241.md
- 44-2-242, Creditor’s certificate; endorsement of certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-242.md
- 44-2-243, Transfer of portion or undivided interest to secure debt, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-243.md
- 44-2-244, Judge’s order of transfer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-244.md
- 44-2-245, Registration and recordation of mortgages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-245.md
- 44-2-246, Notation of delinquent taxes or assessments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-246.md
- 44-2-247, Notation of judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-247.md
- 44-2-248, Notation of special right; notice of lis pendens; recordation and notation of lengthy descriptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-248.md
- 44-2-249, Cancellation of creditor’s certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-249.md
- 44-2-250, Request to cancel entries, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-250.md
- 44-2-251, Registration and notation of other voluntary transactions, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-251.md
- 44-2-252, Updating entries and notations on owner’s certificate; clerk’s endorsement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-252.md
- 44-2-253, Filing cases; method of filing papers relating to registered lands, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/44-2-253.md