2021 Georgia Code
Title 44 - Property
Chapter 14 - Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens
Article 8 - Liens
Part 4 - Laborers
§ 44-14-382. When Laborers' Liens Arise; Priority of Conflicting Liens
Liens of laborers shall arise upon the completion of the contract of labor but shall not exist against bona fide purchasers without notice until they have been reduced to execution and levied on by an officer. Laborers' liens which conflict with each other shall rank according to date, each dating from the completion of the contract of labor.
(Ga. L. 1873, p. 42, § 4; Code 1873, § 1976; Code 1882, § 1976; Civil Code 1895, § 2794; Civil Code 1910, § 3339; Code 1933, § 67-1803.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Liens, §§ 9, 11, 12, 22, 23, 68-70, 75.
C.J.S.- 53 C.J.S., Liens, §§ 4, 14.
ALR.
- Character of service contemplated by statutes giving a lien or preference, in event of insolvency, to servants, employees, laborers, etc., 54 A.L.R. 567; 142 A.L.R. 362.
Right or interest subject to, and priority of, statutory lien for labor or material in developing property for oil and gas, 122 A.L.R. 1182.