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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-12-83. When money judgment creates lien on land located outside county in which obtained against third parties without notice.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-12-83. When money judgment creates lien on land located outside county in which obtained against third parties without notice.

No money judgment obtained in any court of this state or federal court in this state shall create any lien on land in any county other than that in which it was obtained as against the interests of third parties acting in good faith and without notice who have acquired a transfer or lien binding defendant’s property unless at the time of the transfer or the acquisition of the lien the execution was recorded on the general execution docket in the county in which such land is located.

## History

Ga. L. 1914, p. 98, § 2; Code 1933, § 39-703.