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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-5-12. Impeachment of grants; grounds; effect of irregularities or misnomer.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-12. Impeachment of grants; grounds; effect of irregularities or misnomer.

Grants may be impeached before the courts where they are:

(1) Void upon their face;

(2) Issued without authority of law or against a prohibition in a law; or

(3) Issued for property to which the state had no title.

However, mere irregularities in the proceedings to obtain grants shall not be inquired into nor may a mistake in the name of the grantee be proved by parol.

## History

Ga. L. 1857, p. 58, § 1; Code 1863, § 2333; Code 1868, § 2330; Code 1873, § 2361; Code 1882, § 2361; Civil Code 1895, § 3220; Civil Code 1910, § 3808; Code 1933, § 85-311.