{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-2-123","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-2-123","heading":"Clerk’s duty to ensure proper execution of voluntary transfer; liability for damage or loss arising from registration of improperly executed transfer.","body":"Before registering any voluntary transfer, the clerk shall satisfy himself that the same is witnessed and attested or acknowledged in accordance with law. The clerk and the sureties on his bond shall be liable for any loss or damage occasioned to any person through registration of a transfer not so executed.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 2 Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments","Article 2 Land Registration","PART 4 Registers and Registration"],"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":"58efa978af6e411c45283a8e8b0e69f6da2fc66df391dbf7ac0a19831e2b1207","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-2-122","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-2-124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}