History. Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 124, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2772; Civil Code 1910, § 3307; Ga. L. 1931, p. 153, § 1; Code 1933, § 67-1305; Ga. L. 1989, p. 859, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 937, § 8/HB 322; Ga. L. 2022, p. 280, § 2/HB 974.
Delayed effective date.
Code Section 44-14-63 is set out twice in this Code. This version, as set out above, is effective July 1, 2023. For version effective until July 1, 2023, see the preceding version.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, rewrote the first sentence in subsection (b), which read: “A deed to secure debt shall not be recorded unless it includes the mailing address of the grantee thereof.”; redesignated the former second sentence of subsection (b) as present subsection (c); and substituted “this Code section” for “this provision” in subsection (c).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 14 - Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens
Article 3 - Conveyances to Secure Debt and Bills of Sale
§ 44-14-60. Deed to Secure Debt as Absolute Deed; Necessity of Bond of Title or to Reconvey
§ 44-14-61. Signing of Deeds to Secure Debt and Bills of Sale
§ 44-14-62. Out-of-State Deeds to Secure Debt and Bills of Sale