Georgia Code
Part 1 - Recording of Deeds and Other Real Property Transactions
§ 44-2-6. Recording Bond for Title, Contracts, Transfers, and Assignments; Priority as to Subsequent Deeds Taken Without Notice From Same Vendor

Every bond for title, bond to reconvey realty, contract to sell or convey realty or any interest therein, and any and all transfers or assignments of realty shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county where the land referred to in the instrument is located. The filing and recording shall, from the date of filing, be notice of the interest and equity of the holder of the instrument in the property described therein. The filing and recording may be made at any time; but such bond for title, bond to reconvey realty, contract to sell or convey realty or any interest therein, and any transfer or assignment of realty shall lose its priority over deeds, loan deeds, mortgages, bonds for titles, bonds to reconvey realty, contracts to sell or convey realty or any interest therein and any transfer or assignment of realty from the same vendor, obligor, transferor, or assignor which is executed subsequently but filed for record first and is taken without notice of the former instrument.
History. Ga. L. 1900, p. 68, §§ 1, 2; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4213, 4214; Ga. L. 1921, p. 157, § 2; Code 1933, §§ 29-418, 29-418.1.
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For annual survey of real property law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 395 (2004).

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Georgia Code

Title 44 - Property

Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments

Article 1 - Recording

Part 1 - Recording of Deeds and Other Real Property Transactions

§ 44-2-1. Where and When Deeds Recorded; Priority as to Subsequent Deeds Taken Without Notice From Same Vendor

§ 44-2-2. [Effective Until July 1, 2023. See note.] Duty of Clerk to Record Certain Transaction Affecting Real Estate and Personal Property; Priority of Recorded Instruments; Effect of Recording on Rights Between Parties to Instruments

§ 44-2-2. [Effective July 1, 2023. See note.] Duty of Clerk to Record Certain Transaction Affecting Real Estate and Personal Property; Priority of Recorded Instruments; Electronic Filings; Effect of Incorrect Tax Parcel Identification Number; Effect...

§ 44-2-3. Voluntary Deeds or Conveyances of Land; Effect of Recording

§ 44-2-4. Protection of Good Faith Purchases and Liens Without Notice Against Unrecorded Liens or Conveyances

§ 44-2-5. Recording Execution and Deed After Sheriff’s Sale

§ 44-2-6. Recording Bond for Title, Contracts, Transfers, and Assignments; Priority as to Subsequent Deeds Taken Without Notice From Same Vendor

§ 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

§ 44-2-11. Recording Copy of Instrument Recorded in Other Counties in Which Part of Affected Land Is Located in Cases Where Original Lost or Destroyed

§ 44-2-12. Rerecording Lost or Destroyed Deeds and Other Instruments; Validity

§ 44-2-13. Rerecording Instruments Upon Creation of New County or Change in County Lines; Effect on Validity of Original Record

§ 44-2-14. Requirements for Recordation

§ 44-2-15. Officers Authorized to Attest Registrable Instruments

§ 44-2-16. Effect of Acknowledgment Subsequent to Execution

§ 44-2-17. Validity of Attestation by a State or County Officer Who Appears to Have No Jurisdiction to Attest the Instrument

§ 44-2-18. Recording Deed Upon Affidavit of Subscribing Witness; Effect of Substantial Compliance

§ 44-2-19. Recording Deed on Affidavit of Third Person

§ 44-2-20. Recorded Affidavits Relating to Land as Notice of Facts Cited Therein; Filing and Recording

§ 44-2-21. Recording Instrument Executed Out of State; Attestation and Acknowledgment; Validity of Attestation by Officer Who Appears to Have No Jurisdiction to Attest the Instrument

§ 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

§ 44-2-29. Recording of Plat or Copy of Plat — Ratification of Record Made Prior to Statutory Authorization; Effect of Incorporation by Reference of Plat Prior to Authorization

§ 44-2-30. Filing and Recording of Notice of Settlement