O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-14-346 (2019)

Giving false information as to liens; penalty

✓ 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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A person who has given a lien under Code Section 44-14-340 or any other lien shall, when giving a new lien under the Code section on the same property to another person, inform such person, if questioned as to the facts, of the amount of such prior lien and to whom it was given. Any person who gives false information as to such facts shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Ga. L. 1873, p. 42, § 6; Code 1873, § 1978; Ga. L. 1875, p. 20, § 1; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 47, § 1; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 63,

§ 1; Code 1882, § 1978; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 72, § 1; Ga. L. 1895, p. 25, § 1; Penal Code 1895, § 668; Penal Code 1910, § 713; Code 1933, § 61-9901.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS O.C.G.A. § 44-14-346 is designed solely for the protection of landlords’ liens. Jacobs v. State, 4 Ga. App. 509, 61 S.E. 924, 1908 Ga. App. LEXIS 457 (1908). O.C.G.A. § 44-14-346 does not apply to voluntary statements without so-

licitation or interrogation. Williams v. State, 13 Ga. App. 338, 79 S.E. 207, 1913 Ga. App. LEXIS 146 (1913). Obtaining money on recorded mortgage or bill of sale by false statements may violate O.C.G.A. § 44-14-

346. Brown v. State, 6 Ga. App. 329, 64 S.E. 1001, 1909 Ga. App. LEXIS 283 (1909). Provider of second security deed should cite prior mortgage in writing to avoid fraud charges. - There is, in this state, a law against cheating and swindling, and a person of reasonable prudence, in giving a second security deed, might wish it stated for that person’s protection that a prior security deed or mortgage was in existence, and that the

other party so understood. Persons have been convicted in this state for fraudulently misrepresenting the condition of their title. Federal Land Bank v. Bank of Lenox, 192 Ga. 543, 16 S.E.2d 9, 1941 Ga. LEXIS 615 (1941). For example of case dealing with sufficiency of indictment and accusation, see Jacobs v. State, 4 Ga. App. 509, 61 S.E. 924, 1908 Ga. App. LEXIS 457 (1908).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Liens, §§ 52, 53 et seq.