O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-14-572 (2019)

When notices and certificates affecting tax liens entitled to be filed; certification by secretary of treasury

✓ 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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Certification by the secretary of the treasury of the United States or his delegate of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting tax liens entitles them to be filed; and no other attestation, certification, or acknowledgment is necessary.

History

Code 1933, § 67-2602, enacted by Ga. L.

1967, p. 549, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 561, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 44.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS No standing to sue under O.C.G.A. § 9-6-24 to enforce a public duty. - Appellant’s petition for a writ of mandamus did not meet the necessary prerequisites for appellant to exercise standing under O.C.G.A. § 9-6-24 where the petition did not seek to procure the enforcement of a public duty, rather it sought to compel an action to correct what appellant believed to be the wrongful filing of uncer-

tified tax liens under O.C.G.A. § 44-14572. Brissey v. Ellison, 272 Ga. 38, 526 S.E.2d 851, 2000 Ga. LEXIS 77 (2000). Certification requirement in O.C.G.A. § 44-14-572 is invalid, as the Georgia General Assembly cannot dictate the requirements of federal tax lien notices. Johnson v. IRS, No. 2:04-CV-173, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24935 (S.D. Ga. Sept. 30, 2005).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 35 Am. Jur. 2d, Federal Tax Enforcement, §§ 250, 252. C.J.S. 47B C.J.S., Internal Revenue, § 1128 et seq.

U.L.A. Uniform Federal Tax Lien Registration Act (U.L.A.) § 2.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2000–2006 · leading case: Brissey v. Ellison, 526 S.E.2d 851 (Ga. 2000).
Brissey v. Ellison, 526 S.E.2d 851 (Ga. 2000). · cites it 16× “[1] The petition for mandamus was based on appellant's assertion that the notices' recordation violated OCGA § 44-14-572 because the notices were "uncertified.”
Whitfield v. Hicks, 637 S.E.2d 687 (Ga. 2006). · cites it 6× “Whitfield claims that the tax lien notice should be canceled because it has not been certified by the United States Secretary of the Treasury as required by OCGA§ 44-14-572. Because the State of Georgia cannot impose its own additional requirements on the filing of federal tax…”
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