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title: O.C.G.A. § 8-2-187. Certificate of Destruction required.
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heading_path: BUILDINGS AND HOUSING / STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATION OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES / FACTORY BUILT BUILDINGS AND DWELLING UNITS / MANUFACTURED OR MOBILE HOMES / Destruction of Manufactured Homes
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# O.C.G.A. § 8-2-187. Certificate of Destruction required.

(a) When a home which has previously become real property has been or is to be destroyed, the owner of the real property and the holders of all security interests therein shall execute and file a Certificate of Destruction:

(1) With the commissioner; and

(2) In the real estate records of the county where the real property is located.

(b) The Certificate of Destruction shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall include:

(1) The name and address of the owner;

(2) The names and addresses of the holders of any security interest and of any lien;

(3) The title number formerly assigned to the home, if applicable;

(4) A description of the real estate on which the home was previously located, including the name of the owner and a reference by deed book and page number to the recording of the former Certificate of Permanent Location;

(5) Verification of the destruction by a law enforcement officer; and

(6) Any other data the commissioner prescribes.

## History

Code 1981, § 8-2-187, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 430, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 3-1/HB 501; Ga. L. 2006, p. 702, § 1/SB 253.