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2021 Georgia Code
Title 44 - Property
Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property
Article 2 - Conveyances
§ 44-5-46. Establishment of Copy of Deed Upon Loss of Original; Effect of Copy
Universal Citation: GA Code § 44-5-46 (2021)
If an original deed is lost, a copy may be established by the superior court of the county where the land is located; and when the copy is established, it shall have all the effect of the original.
(Laws 1785, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 166; Laws 1799, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 463; Code 1863, § 2660; Code 1868, § 2659; Code 1873, § 2701; Code 1882, § 2701; Civil Code 1895, § 3611; Civil Code 1910, § 4191; Code 1933, § 29-113.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 76 C.J.S., Records, § 43.
ALR.
- Right of action to restore lost deed, 31 A.L.R. 552.
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