{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-39","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-14-39","heading":"Effect of defective record as notice.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 14 Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens","Article 2 Mortgages"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"553eff7c255f547b156869afe0ae69c8fdd841086d81b667fd8619ccae52c6d3","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-38","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}