Upon an application by a debtor, it shall be the duty of the county surveyor or any other surveyor if there shall be no county surveyor to lay off the land allowed to the debtor’s family under this article and make a plat of the same, which plat shall be returned to the judge of the probate court within 15 days after the application is made to the surveyor by the debtor, and recorded as provided for in Code Section 44-13-101.
History. Laws 1841, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 389; Laws 1843, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 390; Code 1863, § 2015; Code 1868, § 2015; Code 1873, § 2042; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 69, § 1; Code 1882, § 2042; Civil Code 1895, § 2868; Civil Code 1910, § 3418; Code 1933, § 51-1402; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 44.
Cross references.
Authority of county surveyor to establish fees for making plat of homestead, affidavit, and return, § 36-7-9 .
Appointment of person to perform duties of county surveyor when no such office exists in county, § 36-7-13 .
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 13 - Exemptions From Levy and Sale
Article 2 - Statutory Exemptions
§ 44-13-100. Exemptions for Purposes of Bankruptcy and Intestate Insolvent Estates
§ 44-13-101. Method of Obtaining Exemption
§ 44-13-102. Survey and Plat of Exempted Land; Return to Probate Court; Recordation
§ 44-13-104. Town Property Worth More Than $500.00; Sale and Reinvestment
§ 44-13-105. Sale of Property Subject to Encumbrance of Homestead
§ 44-13-106. Use of Exempted Property
§ 44-13-107. Exempted Property Subject to Levy and Sale for Purchase Money and Taxes
§ 44-13-108. Levy or Sale of Exempt Property as Trespass; Cause of Action