{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-2-1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-2-1","heading":"Where and when deeds recorded; priority as to subsequent deeds taken without notice from same vendor.","body":"Every deed conveying lands shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county where the land is located. A deed may be recorded at any time; but a prior unrecorded deed loses its priority over a subsequent recorded deed from the same vendor when the purchaser takes such deed without notice of the existence of the prior deed.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 2 Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments","Article 1 Recording","PART 1 Recording of Deeds and Other Real Property Transactions"],"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":"cd6b55ad4bb40f55908387a06e2db93e700550c629c251243d6214929de988d3","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-1-18","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-2-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}