O.C.G.A.
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.
For the purpose of enabling all persons owning real estate within this state to have the title thereto settled and registered as prescribed by this article, the superior court of the county in which the land is located shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all petitions and proceedings had thereupon.
History
(Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 2; Code 1933, § 60-201.)
Annotations
Cross references. - Judges who may preside in the superior court of the county where the land is located, § 44-2-41. JUDICIAL DECISIONS the case to the superior court. Bread of Life Baptist Church v. Price, 194 Ga. App. 693, 392 S.E.2d 15 (1990). Cited in Setlock v. Setlock, 286 Ga. 384, 688 S.E.2d 346 (2010).
Dispossessory action held not transferable. - In a dispossessory action filed in state court, there was no evidence of the lack of a landlord-tenant relationship, and no evidence justifying a challenge to the ownership of the land so as to require transfer of
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Registration of Land Titles, §§ 2, 10.
C.J.S. - 76 C.J.S., Registration of Land Titles, § 4.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
5
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1989–2026 · leading case:
Setlock v. Setlock, 688 S.E.2d 346 (Ga. 2010).
Setlock v. Setlock, 688 S.E.2d 346 (Ga. 2010).
· cites it 2× “However, “[f]or the purpose of enabling all persons owning real estate within this state to have the title thereto settled and registered[,] . . . the superior court of the county in which the land is located shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all petitions and…”
Bread of Life Baptist Church v. Price, 392 S.E.2d 15 (Ga. Ct. App. 1990).
· cites it 4× “See OCGA § 44-2-60. There is no evidence whatever in the record that appellant Bread of Life Baptist Church and its members own the subject property, or have any claim to ownership.”
Brown Realty Assocs., Inc. v. Thomas, 389 S.E.2d 505 (Ga. Ct. App. 1989).
· cites it 2× “Appellants contend the trial court erred in denying their motion in limine and thereby permitting testimony of plaintiff’s witnesses who were purportedly involved in “similar transactions” with appellants.”
Lokin Crook v. Six Flags Over Georgia II, L.P. (Ga. Ct. App. 2026).
· cites it 2× “”); OCGA § 44-2-60 (“For the purpose of enabling all persons owning real estate within this state to have the title thereto settled and registered as prescribed by this article, the superior court of the county in which the land is located shall have exclusive original…”
Pedro J. Burgos v. Sand Canyon Corp. (11th Cir. 2020).
“First, Burgos argues that the district court lacked federal jurisdiction because Article VI § 4 ¶ 1 of the Georgia Constitution and O.C.G.A. § 44-2-60 mandate that the Georgia Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction over this case due to the Rules of Decision Act, 28 U.”
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