O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 44-2-80 (2019)
Treatment of land pending registration; appearance of person acquiring interest in land pending registration
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Pending registration, the land described in any petition may be dealt with as if no petition had been filed; but any person who shall acquire any interest in or claim against any such land shall at once appear as a petitioner or answer as a party defendant in the pleadings for registration, and such interest or claim shall be subject to the decree of the court.
History
(Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 25; Code 1933, § 60-220.)
Annotations
Cross references. - Filing notice of lis pendens, § 44-14-610.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d. - 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Registration of Land Titles, § 18.
C.J.S. - 76 C.J.S., Registration of Land Titles, § 9.