O.C.G.A. § 44-2-80: Treatment of land pending registration; appearance of person acquiring interest in land pending registration.

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.