O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-2-62 (2019)

Procedure as to actions for registration; persons under disability

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Action for registration of title shall be begun by a petition to the court by the person, persons, or corporation claiming, singly or collectively, to own or to have the power of appointing or disposing of an estate in fee simple in any land whether or not subject to liens, encumbrances, or lesser estate. Minors and other persons under disability may bring and defend actions by a guardian, a guardian ad litem, a next friend, or a trustee, as the case may be.

History

(Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 5; Code 1933, § 60-203.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS not defeat the defendants’ right to registration of such respective interests, under the terms of the Land Registration Act. Lankford v. Holton, 187 Ga. 94, 200 S.E. 243 (1938), later appeal, 195 Ga. 317, 24 S.E.2d 292 (1943). Cited in Holton v. Lankford, 189 Ga. 506, 6 S.E.2d 304 (1939); Burgess v. Simmons, 207 Ga. 291, 61 S.E.2d 410 (1950); Turner v. Kelley, 212 Ga. 175, 91 S.E.2d 356 (1956).

Equity not applicable. - Proceeding under the Georgia Land Registration Act is purely statutory, not equitable. Bird v. South Ga. Indus. Co., 150 Ga. 420, 104 S.E. 232 (1920). Party with undivided half interest may register such interest. - Fact that one of the defendants claiming title by adverse possession owned an undivided half interest in one of four tracts involved, and the other defendants owned the other half interest, would

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Registration of Land Titles, § 10 et seq.

C.J.S. - 76 C.J.S., Registration of Land Titles, § 2 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Sea Island Co., LLC v. Jane Fraser (Ga. Ct. App. 2025).
Sea Island Co., LLC v. Jane Fraser (Ga. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 12× “Reading these statutes together, they work in tandum; OCGA § 44-2-62 allows a petitioner who purports to hold title to land to initiate proceedings to have that land registered, while OCGA § 44-2-63 permits a petitioner who purports to possess the land to initiate proceedings to…”
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