A mortgage in this state is only security for a debt and passes no title.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 1956; Code 1868, § 1944; Code 1873, § 1954; Code 1882, § 1954; Civil Code 1895, § 2723; Ga. L. 1899, p. 32, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 3256; Code 1933, § 67-101.
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For article comparing rights of grantees holding deeds to secure debts against a bankrupt debtor to those rights of the mortgagee, and lienor, see 10 Ga. B.J. 5 (1947).
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Chapter 14 - Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens
§ 44-14-30. Mortgage as Security Only; Effect on Title
§ 44-14-31. Form and Contents of Mortgage
§ 44-14-32. Use of Parol Evidence to Prove Apparent Deed a Mortgage
§ 44-14-34. Signing of Mortgages Executed Outside State
§ 44-14-35. Recording of Mortgages on Realty; Effect of Renewed Mortgage as Lien Absent Recordation
§ 44-14-36. Registry of Mortgages on Property of Railroads and Other Utilities
§ 44-14-39. Effect of Defective Record as Notice
§ 44-14-40. Probate of Mortgages
§ 44-14-41. Tacking of Mortgages
§ 44-14-42. Mortgages to Sureties and Guarantors
§ 44-14-42.1. Redemption of Property by Mortgagor
§ 44-14-43. Foreclosure of Mortgage After Note Barred by Limitations
§ 44-14-44. Sale of Mortgaged Land Under Other Process; Claiming Proceeds of Sale
§ 44-14-45. Forthcoming Bond by Purchaser of Mortgaged Personalty; Affidavit of Mortgagee
§ 44-14-46. When Mortgage Fi. Fa. May Claim Proceeds of Sale
§ 44-14-47. Sale of Mortgaged Property Without Foreclosure and Claim by Mortgagee
§ 44-14-48. Foreclosure by One of Several Mortgagees; Control and Distribution of Proceeds by Court
§ 44-14-49. Right of Holder of Mortgage to Foreclose in Equity