Georgia Code
Part 5 - Conveyance, Transfer, and Descent
§ 44-2-176. Duty of Tax Officer to Have Delinquent Taxes or Assessments Noted; Effect of Delinquencies Prior to Notation; Liability of Officer

After December 31 of every year, it shall be the duty of every officer charged with the collection of any taxes or assessments charged upon any registered land or any interest therein which have not been paid when due to cause a notation of the fact that those taxes or assessments have not been paid to be entered upon the certificate of title on the title register along with the amount thereof. Unless such notation is made, the delinquent tax or assessment shall not affect any transfer or other dealing with the registered land; but the tax officer failing to perform such duty and his surety shall be liable for the payment of the taxes and assessments, with all lawful penalties and interest thereon, if any loss is occasioned to the state, county, municipality, or other political subdivision on account of such failure.
History. Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 57; Code 1933, § 60-517.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 44 - Property

Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments

Article 2 - Land Registration

Part 5 - Conveyance, Transfer, and Descent

§ 44-2-160. Manner of Recording Deeds Conveying Title to Registered Land; Validity of Previous Conveyances of Registered Land

§ 44-2-161. Partial Transfer of Registered Land; Undivided Interest; Interest in Particular Portion; Notations on Register; Issuance of Certificates

§ 44-2-162. Subdivision of Registered Land; Procedure

§ 44-2-163. Conveyance to Secure Debt; Form; Notation and Registration; Creditor’s Certificate

§ 44-2-164. Assignment or Negotiation of Creditor’s Certificate; Effect of Transfer of Indebtedness; Surrender and Cancellation of Certificate; Order of Cancellation; Notation

§ 44-2-165. Sale by Holder of Creditor’s Certificate; Application for Transfer to Purchaser; Opportunity to Object to Transfer; Order of Application of Sale Proceeds

§ 44-2-166. Transfer to Secure Debt; Notation of Bond for Title or to Reconvey

§ 44-2-167. Validity and Priority of Unrecorded Transfers of Owner’s Certificate to Registered Lands

§ 44-2-169. Personal Representative as Trustee; Right of Personal Representative to a Commission; Power of Heirs to Require Transfer

§ 44-2-170. Right of Personal Representative to Have Registered Land Transferred to Him Where Such Land Transferred to Heirs Before His Appointment; Action Against Heirs Who Have Improperly Appropriated Land

§ 44-2-171. Procedure for Ascertaining, and Transfer To, Heirs or Beneficiaries

§ 44-2-172. Transfer by Clerk Pursuant to Judgment; Production of Copy of Decree and Order

§ 44-2-173. Petition for Involuntary Transfer; Referral to Examiner; Notice; Appointment of Guardians Ad Litem; Order of Transfer

§ 44-2-174. Attack on Transfers Made to Hinder, Delay, or Defraud Creditors; Decree Voiding Such Transfer; Entry of Cancellations and Transfers on Register and Certificate

§ 44-2-175. Registering Subsequent Transfers or Voluntary Conveyances of Land Held in Trust or Otherwise Restricted

§ 44-2-176. Duty of Tax Officer to Have Delinquent Taxes or Assessments Noted; Effect of Delinquencies Prior to Notation; Liability of Officer