When the record of any deed or other recorded instrument or the certificate of record is lost or destroyed, the clerk of the superior court may rerecord the instrument and the certificate of record. The rerecording shall be as valid as the original recording and shall take effect from the date of the original recording, provided the rerecording is within 12 months after the loss or destruction of the original recording.
History. Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 148, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 3619; Civil Code 1910, § 4199; Code 1933, § 29-402.
Cross references.
Admissibility of other evidence, § 24-10-1004 .
Admission of public records, § 24-10-1005 .
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments
Part 1 - Recording of Deeds and Other Real Property Transactions
§ 44-2-3. Voluntary Deeds or Conveyances of Land; Effect of Recording
§ 44-2-5. Recording Execution and Deed After Sheriff’s Sale
§ 44-2-7. Recording of Surrender or Satisfaction of Bond for Title
§ 44-2-8. Recording of Options to Purchase Land and Assignments of Such Options; Effect as Notice
§ 44-2-9. Recording Leases, Usufructs, and Assignments Thereof; Effect as Notice
§ 44-2-10. Recording Deeds and Bills of Sale to Personalty; Effect as Notice
§ 44-2-12. Rerecording Lost or Destroyed Deeds and Other Instruments; Validity
§ 44-2-14. Requirements for Recordation
§ 44-2-15. Officers Authorized to Attest Registrable Instruments
§ 44-2-16. Effect of Acknowledgment Subsequent to Execution
§ 44-2-18. Recording Deed Upon Affidavit of Subscribing Witness; Effect of Substantial Compliance
§ 44-2-19. Recording Deed on Affidavit of Third Person
§ 44-2-22. Legal Effect of Good Record Title for 40 Years
§ 44-2-24. Withdrawal of Affidavit of Forgery Upon Loss of Deed by Affiant
§ 44-2-25. Recording Techniques; Copies of Plats
§ 44-2-26. Recording of Plat or Copy of Plat — When and Where Authorized; Duty of Clerk
§ 44-2-27. Recording of Plat — When Deemed Recorded
§ 44-2-28. Recording of Plat or Copy of Plat — Incorporation by Reference