The owner of real property or of any interest therein or any holder of a lien thereon may file a plat of the property in the office of the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property or any part thereof is located. It shall be the duty of the clerk to record and index any plat that conforms with Code Section 15-6-67.
History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 746, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-34/HB 665; Ga. L. 2016, p. 193, § 5/HB 1004.
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, substituted “digital” for “photostatic” twice in this Code section, and added “that conforms with Code Section 15-6-67” at the end of the last sentence.
The 2016 amendment, effective January 1, 2017, in the first sentence, substituted “may file a plat of the property in the office of the clerk of superior court” for “may have a plat of the property or a blueprint, tracing, digital copy, or other copy of a plat of the property recorded and indexed in the office of the clerk of the superior court”, and deleted “or any blueprint, tracing, digital copy, or other copy of the plat” following “any plat” in the second sentence.
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