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title: O.C.G.A. § 8-2-189. Acceptance and recording of Certificate of Destruction by clerk of superior court.
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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. § 8-2-189. Acceptance and recording of Certificate of Destruction by clerk of superior court.

(a) The clerk of superior court shall not accept a Certificate of Destruction for filing unless the Certificate of Destruction contains thereon the confirmation by the commissioner that the Certificate of Destruction has been filed with the commissioner.

(b) When a Certificate of Destruction is properly filed with the clerk of superior court, the clerk shall record such certificate in the same manner as other instruments affecting the real property described in the Certificate of Destruction and shall charge and collect the fees usually charged for recording deeds and other instruments relating to real estate. Such certificate shall be indexed under the name of the current owner of the real property in both the grantor and grantee indexes.

## History

Code 1981, § 8-2-189, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 430, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 8; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 3-1/HB 501; Ga. L. 2006, p. 702, § 1/SB 253.