Before registering any voluntary transfer, the clerk shall satisfy himself that the same is witnessed and attested or acknowledged in accordance with law. The clerk and the sureties on his bond shall be liable for any loss or damage occasioned to any person through registration of a transfer not so executed.
History. Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 106; Code 1933, § 60-411.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments
Part 4 - Registers and Registration
§ 44-2-120. Furnishing and Maintaining Register Books; Issuance of Owner’s Certificate of Title
§ 44-2-121. Signing and Dating Register Entries and Owners’ Certificates
§ 44-2-124. Performance of Duties Upon Disqualification, Death, or Disability of Clerk
§ 44-2-126. Notation of Lien or Encumbrance on Certificate of Title — in General
§ 44-2-128. Registration of Transactions Affecting Unregistered Land as Notice
§ 44-2-129. Registration of Involuntary Transactions on Court’s Order; Form
§ 44-2-133. Procedure for Obtaining Duplicate of Lost Owner’s Certificate
§ 44-2-134. Filing Caveat Objecting to Entry in Title Register; Show Cause Hearing Upon Caveat
§ 44-2-135. Obtaining Notations in Title Register
§ 44-2-138. What Limitations Govern Actions by Injured Party for Fraud or Negligence
§ 44-2-140. Availability of Prescription or Adverse Possession Against Registered Land
§ 44-2-142. Notation of Change of Name on Register and Certificate
§ 44-2-143. Notation of Liens and Lis Pendens on Register; Effect Absent Notation