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2018 Georgia Code 44-14-142 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 44 PROPERTY

Section 14. Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens, 44-14-1 through 44-14-613.

ARTICLE 6 EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING PERSONALTY

44-14-142. Recording of affidavit; indexing; fee.

The clerk of the superior court shall file the affidavit required by Code Section 44-14-141, reindex the instrument mentioned in the affidavit, and enter on the margin of the record of the instrument a reference to the filing of the affidavit, which shall state the date of the filing of the affidavit and the amount unpaid on the obligation secured by the instrument, for which services the clerk shall be entitled to a fee as required by Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15.

(Ga. L. 1937, p. 760, § 3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1396, § 20; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1002, § 10.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, "clerk" was substituted for "clerks" preceding "shall be entitled to a fee".

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Charles S. Martin Distrib. Co. v. First State Bank, 114 Ga. App. 693, 152 S.E.2d 599 (1966).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Records and Recording Laws, § 64. 69 Am. Jur. 2d, Secured Transactions, § 409 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 76 C.J.S., Records, § 19 et seq.

ALR.

- Negotiability of title-retaining note, 28 A.L.R. 699; 44 A.L.R.2d 71.

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