{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-2-18","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-2-18","heading":"Recording deed upon affidavit of subscribing witness; effect of substantial compliance.","body":"If a deed is neither attested by nor acknowledged before one of the officers named in Code Section 44-2-15, it may be recorded upon the affidavit of a subscribing witness, which affidavit shall be made before any one of the officers named in Code Section 44-2-15 and shall testify to the execution of the deed and its attestation according to law. A substantial compliance with the requirements of this Code section shall be held sufficient in the absence of all suspicion of fraud.","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":"57e657bce8891d22fe11f357a935d6f12c54369104407f3064f46476a2e1c857","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-2-17","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-2-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}