Georgia · Snapshot Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17

O.C.G.A. § 44-14-39: Effect of defective record as notice.

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TITLE 44 Property
CHAPTER 14 Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens
Article 2 Mortgages

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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