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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-5-39. Binding effect of covenants on grantee who accepts deed.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-39. Binding effect of covenants on grantee who accepts deed.

When a grantee accepts a deed, he is bound by the covenants contained therein even though the deed has not been signed by him.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 3600; Civil Code 1910, § 4180; Code 1933, § 29-102; Ga. L. 1967, p. 592, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘Condominium and Home Owner Associations: Formation and Development,’’ see 24 Emory L.J. 977 (1975). For article surveying recent legislative and judicial developments in Georgia’s real property laws, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1979).

For comment on Phillips v. Naff, 332 Mich. 389, 52 N.W.2d 158 (1952), see 15 Ga. B.J. 71 (1952).

## History of Code Section.

This Code section is derived from the decision in Georgia S.R.R. v. Reeves, 64 Ga. 492 (1879).