O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-14-34 (2019)

Signing of mortgages executed outside state

✓ 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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When executed outside this state, mortgages shall be signed by the maker, attested by an officer as provided in Code Section 44-2-15, and attested by one other witness.

History

Ga. L. 1931, p. 153, § 1; Code 1933, § 67-106; Ga. L. 2015, p. 937, § 4/HB 322.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Bill of sale executed out of this state, probated before a notary public, is not entitled to record in Georgia where the seal of the notary is not attached and where the official character of the notary is not certified by a clerk of the court of

record in the county or city of the residence of the notary. Southeastern Equip. Co. v. Peoples Ins. & Fin. Co., 105 Ga. App. 539, 125 S.E.2d 114, 1962 Ga. App. LEXIS 971 (1962).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 55 Am. Jur. 2d, Mortgages, § 89 et seq. C.J.S. 59 C.J.S., Mortgages, § 110. ALR. Variance from statute of wording of af-

fidavit required by it to accompany chattel mortgage, 143 A.L.R. 1254. Sufficiency of certificate of acknowledgment, 25 A.L.R.2d 1124.