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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-5-4. Correctable errors in grants.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-5-4. Correctable errors in grants.

The following errors in the issuing and recording of grants may be corrected:

(1) Any error in the name or residence of the grantee; or in the location, character, or boundary of the land; or in any other matter or thing connected with the application for or issuing of the grant;

(2) Any error in recording or transcribing the names of applicants for draws or the names of fortunate drawers in the several land lotteries, or any omission by any of the officers or on the part of any of the agents of the state, or any other mistake in recording the grant; or

(3) Any other error whereby the true grantee is deprived of or jeopardized in his right.

## History

Laws 1827, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 656; Laws 1828, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 657; Laws 1837, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 658; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 247, § 1; Code 1863, § 2324; Code 1868, § 2321; Code 1873, § 2352; Code 1882, § 2352; Civil Code 1895, § 3212; Civil Code 1910, § 3800; Code 1933, § 85-303.