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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-5-176. Effect on prescription of notice of instrument creating a lien.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-176. Effect on prescription of notice of instrument creating a lien.

Prescription shall not run against the owner or holder of a mortgage, a deed to secure debt, a bill of sale to secure debt, or any other instrument creating a lien on or conveying an interest in real or personal property as security for debt in favor of a person who has actual or constructive notice of such instrument.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 755, § 1.