O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-14-142 (2019)

Recording of affidavit; indexing; fee

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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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.

History

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

Annotations

Code Commission notes. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in

1986, “clerk” was substituted for “clerks” preceding “shall be entitled to a fee”.

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.