O.C.G.A. § 44-14-301 (2019)
Notice to mortgagor
It shall be the duty of the magistrate with whom the affidavit and the mortgage are filed to give notice to the mortgagor of the proceedings at the time of issuing the execution.
History
Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 126, § 2; Code 1882, § 3974d; Civil Code 1895, § 2763; Civil
Code 1910, § 3296; Code 1933, § 67-905; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS O.C.G.A. § 44-14-301 is not applicable to superior courts. Golden v. J. M. Easterling & Sons, 37 Ga. App. 172, 139 S.E. 102, 1927 Ga. App. LEXIS 564 (1927). O.C.G.A. § 44-14-301 does not require that the execution shall recite that the notice has been given. Spooner v. Coachman, 18 Ga. App. 705, 90 S.E. 373, 1914 Ga. App. LEXIS 482 (1914). There was no error in refusing to dismiss a levy on the grounds that no notice was given under O.C.G.A. § 44-14301 when the lack of notice was not raised until appeal. Spooner v. Coachman, 18 Ga. App. 705, 90 S.E. 373, 1914 Ga. App. LEXIS 482 (1914).
Waiver. - Where there is no motion to dismiss the levy on the ground that the notice prescribed by O.C.G.A. § 44-14-301 had not been given, and the defendant in fi. fa., although reciting such failure, entered a plea to the merits without actual protestation, the failure to give the notice referred to must be taken as waived. McFarlin v. Reeves, 10 Ga. App. 581, 73 S.E. 862, 1912 Ga. App. LEXIS 619 (1912), overruled, Spooner v. Coachman, 18 Ga. App. 705, 90 S.E. 373, 1914 Ga. App. LEXIS 482 (1914); Futch v. Taylor, 22 Ga. App. 441, 96 S.E. 183, 1918 Ga. App. LEXIS 380 (1918).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 69 Am. Jur. 2d, Secured Transactions, §§ 607-614.
C.J.S. 14 C.J.S., Chattel Mortgages, §§ 399, 404.