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

O.C.G.A. § 44-2-25 (2019)

Recording techniques; copies of plats

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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All decrees, deeds, mortgages, or other instruments affecting the title to land shall be recorded by the clerk of superior court in such a manner so as to provide a permanent record of such instruments. It shall be lawful to make a copy or copies of any plats, blueprints, or other copies of plats that are already of record in the clerk's office. These copies shall serve all purposes and shall be as authentic as the originals.

History

(Ga. L. 1929, p. 321, § 1; Code 1933, § 29-420; Ga. L. 1950, p. 413, § 1; Ga. L. 2016, p. 193, § 4/HB 1004.)

Annotations

The 2016 amendment, effective January 1, 2017, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "All decrees, deeds, mortgages, or other instruments affecting the title to land shall be recorded by the clerk of the superior court by the use of printing, typewriting, handwriting in ink, photostating, or photographing, which record shall be clear, legible, and permanent. The record may be made by any one or more of such methods. It shall be lawful to make a photostatic copy or copies of any plats, blueprints, or other copies of plats that are already of record in the clerk's office. These copies or photostatic copies thereof shall serve all purposes and shall be as authentic as the originals."

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Deeds, § 270.

C.J.S. - 26A C.J.S., Deeds, §§ 161, 162. 76 C.J.S., Records, § 3 et seq.

ALR. - Fraudulent misrepresentation or concealment by a contracting party concerning title to property or other subjects which are matters of public record, 33 A.L.R. 853; 56 A.L.R. 1217.

Duty of vendor as to abstract of title, 52 A.L.R. 1460.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1996–2013 · leading case: Adams v. City of Ila, 471 S.E.2d 310 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996).
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Adams v. City of Ila, 471 S.E.2d 310 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “As the trial court judicially noticed, in the county where the deed was recorded, the standard practice in 1971 was to have all deeds, including any signatures contained thereon, typed into the record because no photocopy machines were available in the county at that time.”
Gordon v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (In Re Codrington), 430 B.R. 287 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2009). “ty, contract to sell or convey realty or any interest therein); § 44-2-8 (options to purchase land or any interest in land and assignments of such options to purchase); § 44-2-9 (leases or usufructs of land or of any interest in land and assignments of *299 such leases or…”
Det. Mgmt., LLC v. UMB Bank, NA (In re Mun. Corr., LLC), 501 B.R. 119 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2013). “, contract to sell or con *134 vey realty or any interest therein); § 44-2-8 (options to purchase land or any interest in land and assignments of such options to purchase); § 44-2-9 (leases or usufructs of land or of any interest in land and assignments of such leases or…”
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