The sheriff’s return should be made substantially in the following form and entered on or attached to the petition:
STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY I have served copies of the within petition and process, or of the summons in substitute therefor, upon the following persons at the time and in the manner stated, as follows: I have also gone upon the land and posted in a conspicuous place on the land described herein and upon each separate tract thereof and upon every dwelling house and every building used as a place of business upon said land, a copy of the notice as required by law, and have taken the same into the custody of the court. The following is the name and post office address of each and every person above the age of 14 years actually occupying the premises: This day of , . Sheriff
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History. Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 90; Code 1933, § 60-606; Ga. L. 1943, p. 326, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments
§ 44-2-221. Petition to Register Land
§ 44-2-224. Acknowledgment of Service
§ 44-2-226. Certificate of Mailing; Entry of Such Certificate on Petition
§ 44-2-227. Examiner’s Appointment
§ 44-2-229. Referral to Examiner
§ 44-2-230. Preliminary Report of Examiner; Schedules
§ 44-2-231. Final Report of Examiner
§ 44-2-233. Book of Decrees; Index
§ 44-2-234. Title Register Book; Registered Title Number; Index of Title Register
§ 44-2-235. Duty of Clerk to Enter on New Certificate All Entries and Notations of Record
§ 44-2-236. Certified Copies of Certificates of Title or Entries Thereon
§ 44-2-237. Recordation and Notation of Plat
§ 44-2-238. Recordation of Lengthy Description — Reference on Title Register; Effect
§ 44-2-240. Owner’s Certificate of Title
§ 44-2-242. Creditor’s Certificate; Endorsement of Certificate
§ 44-2-243. Transfer of Portion or Undivided Interest to Secure Debt
§ 44-2-244. Judge’s Order of Transfer
§ 44-2-245. Registration and Recordation of Mortgages
§ 44-2-246. Notation of Delinquent Taxes or Assessments
§ 44-2-247. Notation of Judgment
§ 44-2-249. Cancellation of Creditor’s Certificate
§ 44-2-250. Request to Cancel Entries
§ 44-2-252. Updating Entries and Notations on Owner’s Certificate; Clerk’s Endorsement
§ 44-2-253. Filing Cases; Method of Filing Papers Relating to Registered Lands