Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 5. ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF PROPERTY · Article 3. COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES

44-5-63. General warranty — Defects known to purchaser.

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In a deed, a general warranty of title against the claims of all persons covers defects in the title even if they are known to the purchaser at the time he takes the deed.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Civil Code 1895, § 3615; Civil Code 1910, § 4195; Code 1933, § 29-304.

Law reviews

For article surveying developments in Georgia real property law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 219 (1981). For survey article on real property law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 371 (2007).

Other notes

History of Code section.: This Code section is derived from the decision in Miller v. Desverges, 75 Ga. 407 (1886).

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