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2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 44 - PROPERTY
CHAPTER 14 - MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS
ARTICLE 2 - MORTGAGES
§ 44-14-39 - Effect of defective record as notice
O.C.G.A. 44-14-39 (2010)44-14-39. Effect of defective record as notice
A mortgage which is recorded in an improper office or without due attestation or probate or which is so defectively recorded as not to give notice to a prudent inquirer shall not be held to be notice to subsequent bona fide purchasers. A mere formal mistake in the record shall not vitiate it.
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