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Title 44 - Property
Title 44 - Property
562 sections · Georgia
- § 44-1-6 — What Things Considered Fixtures; Movable Machinery As Personalty; Effect of Detachment From Realty
- § 44-1-7 — Possession of Personalty
- § 44-1-8 — Property Rights in Animals; Factors Establishing Property in Wild Animals
- § 44-1-9 — Ownership of Deposit and Offspring by Wild Animals on Land
- § 44-1-10 — Ownership of Offspring of Domestic or Owned Animals
- § 44-1-11 — Application and Construction of Provisions Relating to Estates
- § 44-1-12 — What Constitutes Perfect Title
- § 44-1-13 — Removal of Improperly Parked Cars or Trespassing Personal Property; Concurrent Jurisdiction; Procedu
- § 44-1-14 — Abatement of Hazard From Abandoned Well or Hole; Recovery Costs; Use of County Funds
- § 44-1-15 — Removal or Destruction of Survey Monuments Prohibited; Exceptions; Penalties
- § 44-1-16 — Failure to Disclose in Real Estate Transaction that Property Was Occupied by Diseased Person or Was
- § 44-1-17 — Responsibilities of Buyers or Grantees and Grantors or Owners Relating to Transfers of Property With
- § 44-3-1 — Short Title
- § 44-3-2 — Definitions
- § 44-3-3 — Registration Statement; Accompanying Documents; Material Changes; Property Report; Lots or Parcels S
- § 44-3-4 — Exemptions From Code § 44-3-3
- § 44-3-4.1 — Fees and Expenses of Commission
- § 44-3-5 — Violations of Article
- § 44-3-6 — Order Prohibiting Act, Practice, or Transaction in Violation of Article; Injunctive Relief
- § 44-3-7 — Willful Violation of Article; Effect on Statutory or Common-Law Right to Punish Violations; Effect o
- § 44-3-8 — Rights of Buyer Upon Violation; Persons Liable for Violations; Limitation on Actions; Survival of Ac
- § 44-3-8.1 — Denial of Application, Reprimand, Suspension, Civil Penalty, or Revocation of Registration
- § 44-3-9 — Venue
- § 44-3-10 — Business Records Required
- § 44-3-11 — Certain Waivers in Contract Void
- § 44-3-12 — Burden of Proof of Exemption
- § 44-3-13 — Application of Prior Law to Actions, Registrations, and Orders Prior to July 1, 1990
- § 44-3-13.1 — Through 44-3-13.3
- § 44-3-15 — Consent to Service
- § 44-3-17 — Immunity of Commissioner and Commission From Liability and Actions
- § 44-3-20 — Through 44-3-27
- § 44-3-40 — Through 44-3-54
- § 44-3-70 — Short Title
- § 44-3-72 — Creation of Condominium
- § 44-3-71 — Definitions
- § 44-3-73 — Sufficiency of Descriptions of Condominium Units; Description of Undivided Interest in Common Elemen
- § 44-3-74 — Recording Condominium Instruments, Plats, Plans, and Encumbrances; Record Books
- § 44-3-75 — Construction and Validity of Condominium Instruments; Conflicts and Inconsistencies; Severability
- § 44-3-76 — Compliance With Condominium Instruments, Rules, and Regulations; Means of Enforcement
- § 44-3-78 — Allocation -- Interests in Common Elements
- § 44-3-77 — Contents of Declaration
- § 44-3-79 — Allocation -- Votes in Association; How Votes Cast; Majority Vote Requirements
- § 44-3-80 — Allocation -- Liability for Common Expenses; How Assessments Made
- § 44-3-81 — Reallocation of Interests in Common Elements, Votes, and Liability for Common Expenses
- § 44-3-82 — Assignments and Reassignments of Limited Common Elements
- § 44-3-83 — Recording of Plats and Plans; Contents; Completion of Structural Improvements; Certification by Regi
- § 44-3-84 — Use of Previously Recorded Plans in Lieu of New Plans
- § 44-3-85 — Liability for Failure to Follow Plats or Plans; Easements; Liability for Damage
- § 44-3-86 — Leasehold Condominiums; Lessor's Rights and Powers; Owner's Rights and Powers; Liens; Performance of
- § 44-3-87 — Conversion Condominiums; Notice; Offer to Convey; Time Periods; Rights of Tenant
- § 44-3-88 — Conversion of Convertible Spaces; Amendment to Declaration Effecting Conversion; Reallocation of Sum
- § 44-3-89 — Expansion of Condominium; Amendment to Declaration
- § 44-3-90 — Alterations Within Units; Combining Two or More Units
- § 44-3-91 — Relocation of Boundaries Between Units; Application for Relocation; Amendment to Declaration; Plans
- § 44-3-92 — Subdivision of Units; Application for Subdivision; Amendment to Declaration; Plans and Plats; Record
- § 44-3-94 — Damage or Destruction of Units; Restoration; Vote Not to Restore; Allocation of Insurance Deductible
- § 44-3-93 — Amendment of Condominium Instruments
- § 44-3-95 — Effect of Mortgages and Liens; Foreclosure; Release
- § 44-3-96 — Separate Titles and Taxation
- § 44-3-97 — Eminent Domain; Compensation; Reallocation of Interests; Court Determination; Amendment to Declarati
- § 44-3-99 — Withdrawal of Submitted Property; Reallocation to Remaining Units of Undivided Interest in Common El
- § 44-3-98 — Termination of Condominium; Creation of Tenancy in Common; Distribution of Assets; Transfer of Mortg
- § 44-3-100 — Incorporation of Association; Name; Articles and Bylaws; Membership; Organization
- § 44-3-101 — Control of Association by Declarant; Surrender of Control to Unit Owners; Liability for Books and Re
- § 44-3-102 — Meetings of the Association; Notice; Reports
- § 44-3-103 — Quorums At Meetings of Association or Board
- § 44-3-104 — Directors and Officers; Eligibility
- § 44-3-105 — Powers and Duties As to Upkeep of the Condominium; Access; Liability for Damage
- § 44-3-106 — Powers and Responsibilities of Association; Tort Actions
- § 44-3-108 — Common Profits; Application to Expenses; Surplus
- § 44-3-107 — Insurance Coverage
- § 44-3-109 — Lien for Assessments; Personal Obligation of Unit Owner; Notice and Foreclosure; Lapse; Right to Sta
- § 44-3-110 — Restraints on Alienation and Rights of First Refusal; Statement of Waiver or Failure to Exercise Rig
- § 44-3-111 — Sales of Residential Condominium Units for Residential Occupancy; Information Required to Be Furnish
- § 44-3-112 — Escrow of Deposits or Other Payments Made Prior to Closing
- § 44-3-113 — Applicability of This Article; Effect on Existing Condominiums
- § 44-3-114 — Effect of Article Upon Land Use, Zoning, Building, and Subdivision Laws; Effect of Code § 44-3-92; A
- § 44-3-115 — Construction of This Article; Substantial Compliance; Procedure for Curing Defects in Recorded Instr
- § 44-3-116 — Limitations in Certain Restrictive Covenants Inapplicable
- § 44-3-130 — Through 44-3-152
- § 44-3-117 — Application to Subcondominiums; Creation of Subcondominium; Subassociation; Insurance; Effect of Cer
- § 44-3-220 — Short Title
- § 44-3-221 — Definitions
- § 44-3-222 — Creation of Property Owners' Development; Affirmative Election to Be Governed by Article
- § 44-3-223 — Compliance With Provisions of Instrument and With Rules and Regulations; Penalties for Noncompliance
- § 44-3-224 — Voting At Association Meetings
- § 44-3-225 — Assessment of Expenses; Exemption From Liability; Liability for Unpaid Assessments
- § 44-3-226 — Amendment of Instrument; Presumption of Validity in Court Action
- § 44-3-227 — Incorporation As Prerequisite to Submission to Article; Requirements As to Corporate Documents; Boar
- § 44-3-228 — Presence of Quorums At Meetings
- § 44-3-229 — Persons Deemed to Be
- § 44-3-230 — Frequency of Meetings; Notice
- § 44-3-231 — Powers and Duties of Association; Legal Actions Against Agent or Employee of Association
- § 44-3-232 — Assessments Against Lot Owners As Constituting Lien in Favor of Association; Additional Charges Agai
- § 44-3-233 — Liberal Construction of Article; Substantial Compliance; Curing of Defects by Amendment
- § 44-3-234 — Application of Article
- § 44-3-235 — Applicability of Article
- § 44-3-250 — Itemized Reporting of Expenses by Developers
- § 44-4-1 — Through 44-4-10
- § 44-4-20 — Designation of Georgia Coordinate System and Georgia Coordinate System of 1985; East and West Zones
- § 44-4-21 — Names of East and West Zones
- § 44-4-22 — Alternative Plane Coordinates for Expressing Location of a Point for Georgia Coordinate System and G
- § 44-4-23 — Description of Land Extending From One Zone to Another
- § 44-4-24 — Zones Precisely Defined
- § 44-4-25 — Recordation of Coordinates of Point Prohibited Unless Connected by Survey to Monumented Horizontal C
- § 44-4-26 — Use of Terms Limited
- § 44-4-28 — Conversion of Distances Between Meters and Feet
- § 44-4-30 — Validation of Use of Georgia Coordinate System
- § 44-4-29 — Use of System Not Mandatory
- § 44-4-31 — Use of Georgia Coordinate System Prohibited After January 1, 1990
- § 44-5-1 — Origin of Title to Land
- § 44-5-2 — How Land in State Held
- § 44-5-4 — Correctable Errors in Grants
- § 44-5-3 — Form of Grants; Substantial Compliance
- § 44-5-5 — Application to Governor for Correction of Errors; Notice to Interested Parties; Evidence of Error or
- § 44-5-6 — When Correction Refused
- § 44-5-7 — Trial in Superior Court
- § 44-5-8 — Filing and Preserving Papers and Evidence
- § 44-5-9 — Advertising Prior to Issuing Corrected Grant Where Original Lost
- § 44-5-10 — Effect of Corrected Grant; Notation of Correction
- § 44-5-11 — Grounds for Setting Aside Grants
- § 44-5-12 — Impeachment of Grants; Grounds; Effect of Irregularities or Misnomer
- § 44-5-14 — Presumption of Grant on 20 Years' Possession
- § 44-5-13 — Grants by Implication; Presumptions Favor Grants
- § 44-5-30 — Requisites of Deed to Lands; Inquiry Into Consideration
- § 44-5-31 — Requisites of Deed to Personalty; Necessity for Deed
- § 44-5-32 — Requisites of Instruments Other Than Deeds
- § 44-5-33 — Form of Deed
- § 44-5-35 — Apportionment of Price for Deficiency in Number of Acres; Rescission
- § 44-5-34 — Construction of Inconsistent Clauses in Deed; Ascertainment of Intention of Parties
- § 44-5-36 — Purchaser's Remedies for Loss of Land Due to Title Defect
- § 44-5-37 — Applicability of Code §s 53-2-112 Through 53-2-114 to Elections Under or Against Deed
- § 44-5-38 — Effect of Recital in Deed of Receipt of Purchase Money
- § 44-5-39 — Binding Effect of Covenants on Grantee Who Accepts Deed
- § 44-5-40 — Conveyance of Future Interests or Estates
- § 44-5-41 — Voidance and Ratification of Conveyance to or by a Minor
- § 44-5-42 — Delivery of Deed to Third Party As Escrow; Possession As Proof of Delivery
- § 44-5-43 — Effect of Adverse Possession on Making of Deed
- § 44-5-44 — Estoppel From Claiming Adversely to Own Deed
- § 44-5-46 — Establishment of Copy of Deed Upon Loss of Original; Effect of Copy
- § 44-5-45 — When Ancient Deed Admissible Without Proof of Execution
- § 44-5-47 — Liability of Purchaser for Costs of Conveyance
- § 44-5-48 — Deeds Conveying Interest in Real Property Used As Commercial Landfill
- § 44-5-59 — Covenant Running With the Land Between Property Owner and Third Party
- § 44-5-61 — Implied Warranty of Title
- § 44-5-60 — Covenants Running With Land; Effect of Zoning Laws; Covenants and Scenic Easements for Use of Public
- § 44-5-62 — General Warranty -- Scope
- § 44-5-63 — General Warranty -- Defects Known to Purchaser
- § 44-5-64 — Action for Breach of Warranty -- Burden of Proof
- § 44-5-65 — Action for Breach of Warranty -- Necessity for Offer to Rescind; Mitigation of Damages
- § 44-5-66 — Action for Breach of Warranty -- Measure of Damages
- § 44-5-67 — Breach of Bond for Title to Land; Measure of Damages
- § 44-5-110 — Short Title
- § 44-5-111 — Definitions
- § 44-5-112 — Applicability of Article
- § 44-5-113 — Nomination of Custodian
- § 44-5-114 — Irrevocable Gift or Exercise of Power of Appointment Made Under Code § 44-5-119
- § 44-5-115 — Irrevocable Transfer by Personal Representative or Trustee to Custodian for Minor's Benefit
- § 44-5-116 — Irrevocable Transfer by Personal Representative, Trustee, or Guardian to Custodian
- § 44-5-117 — Transfers by Other Persons to Custodian
- § 44-5-118 — Effect of Custodian's Written Acknowledgment of Delivery
- § 44-5-119 — Creation and Transfer of Custodial Property
- § 44-5-120 — Single Custodianship
- § 44-5-121 — Validity of Transfer
- § 44-5-122 — Powers and Duties of Custodian; Name in Which Registered Securities to Be Held; Commingling With Per
- § 44-5-123 — Custodian's Rights, Powers, and Authority Over Custodial Property; Liability for Breach of Code § 44
- § 44-5-124 — Custodial Discretion in Transfers of Custodial Property for Support, Maintenance, Education, and Gen
- § 44-5-125 — Compensation; Expenses of Custodian; Bond
- § 44-5-126 — Liability of Third Person for Dealings With Person Purporting to Act in Capacity of Custodian
- § 44-5-127 — Assertion of Claim Arising Out of Custodial Relationship
- § 44-5-128 — Appointment of Successor Custodian
- § 44-5-129 — Accounting by Custodian; Petition for Accounting
- § 44-5-130 — Transfer of Custodial Property by Custodian to Minor or Minor's Estate
- § 44-5-131 — Applicability to Transfers Made After July 1, 1990
- § 44-5-132 — Applicability to Transfers Made Prior to July 1, 1990
- § 44-5-133 — Uniform Applicability of Article
- § 44-5-134 — Exceptions to Article
- § 44-5-140 — Short Title
- § 44-5-141 — Definitions
- § 44-5-142 — Anatomical Gifts During Life of Donor
- § 44-5-143 — Method to Make an Anatomical Gift
- § 44-5-144 — Amending, or Revoking an Anatomical Gift
- § 44-5-145 — Refusal to Make an Anatomical Gift
- § 44-5-146 — Role and Authority of People Other Than Donor
- § 44-5-147 — Classes of Persons Available to Make Donations; Priority
- § 44-5-148 — Signed Writing or Oral Communication Required for Gift of Document
- § 44-5-149 — Recipients of Anatomical Gifts of Procurement Organizations
- § 44-5-150 — Search and Notification for Information Identifying Donor Status
- § 44-5-151 — Delivery of Document
- § 44-5-152 — Rights and Duties of Procurement Organizations
- § 44-5-153 — Coordination of Procurement and Use
- § 44-5-154 — Limited Prohibition on Sale or Purchase of Body Parts
- § 44-5-155 — Penalties
- § 44-5-156 — Immunity
- § 44-5-157 — Requirements for Validity of Document of Gift; Governing Law
- § 44-5-158 — Donor Registry
- § 44-5-159 — Impact of Anatomical Gift on an Advance Directive for Health Care
- § 44-5-159.1 — Cooperation Between Medical Examiners and Procurement Organizations
- § 44-5-159.2 — Role of Medical Examiner
- § 44-5-159.3 — Application
- § 44-5-159.4 — Construction With Federal Law
- § 44-5-160 — Nature of Title by Prescription
- § 44-5-161 — Adverse Possession; Effect of Permissive Possession
- § 44-5-163 — When Adverse Possession for 20 Years Confers Title
- § 44-5-162 — Effect of Fraud on Prescription
- § 44-5-164 — When Adverse Possession for Seven Years Confers Title
- § 44-5-165 — How Actual Possession of Lands Evidenced
- § 44-5-166 — Constructive Possession of Lands; Effect of Constructive Possession of Same Land by Adjacent Owners
- § 44-5-167 — Extent of Constructive Possession Under Deed; Judicial Notice
- § 44-5-168 — Adverse Possession of Mineral Rights Under Certain Conditions; Procedure to Obtain Title
- § 44-5-169 — Possession of Land As Notice; Presumption From Possession of Husband and Wife
- § 44-5-170 — Effect of Disabilities on Commencement of Prescription
- § 44-5-171 — Effect of Intervening Disabilities; Tacking
- § 44-5-172 — Tacking of Successive Possessions
- § 44-5-173 — Prescription Involving Unrepresented Estates, Joint Tenancies, or Dismissed Actions
- § 44-5-174 — Tacking of Prior Possession Originating in Fraud
- § 44-5-175 — Prescription Involving Incorporeal Rights
- § 44-5-176 — Effect on Prescription of Notice of Instrument Creating a Lien
- § 44-5-190 — Through 44-5-199.
- § 44-5-177 — Adverse Possession of Personal Property
- § 44-5-210 — Lien of State for Costs of Prosecution
- § 44-5-211 — Forfeiture of Abandoned Cemetery Lots; Proceedings for Reclamation and Subsequent Sale; Disposition
- § 44-5-230 — Dedication of Lands to Public Use
- § 44-6-1 — Rule Against Perpetuities; Exception for Certain Trusts for Employees
- § 44-6-2 — Merger of Lesser Estate Into Greater
- § 44-6-3 — Lien on One's Own Property; Purchase of Lien on Own Property and Enforcement Thereof
- § 44-6-21 — Words Necessary to Create Absolute Estate; Preference for Construing As Conveyance; Maker's Intentio
- § 44-6-22 — Creation of Estate to Commence in Future; Fee in Abeyance; Fee Limited Upon Fee
- § 44-6-25 — Construction and Effect of Limitations Over After Death of First Taker
- § 44-6-24 — Estates Tail Abolished; Effect of Limitations Which Would Create Estate Tail by Implication
- § 44-6-40 — Grant of Estates Upon Conditions
- § 44-6-41 — Conditions Precedent and Subsequent Distinguished; Preferred Construction and Remedy
- § 44-6-42 — Right of Entry After Breach of Condition Subsequent
- § 44-6-43 — Certain Conditions Void
- § 44-6-44 — Effect of Legal Disabilities on Conditions; Notice of Condition
- § 44-6-60 — Nature of Estates in Remainder and in Reversion; Rights of Reversioner
- § 44-6-62 — Effect of Defeat of Estate on Remainder
- § 44-6-61 — Vested and Contingent Remainders Distinguished
- § 44-6-63 — Interest of Heirs of Remainderman
- § 44-6-64 — Creation of Remainders by Parol
- § 44-6-65 — Creation of Remainder for Persons Not in Being; Vested Remainder Subject to Open
- § 44-6-66 — Preference for Vested Remainders; Construction of Words of Survivorship in Wills
- § 44-6-67 — Effect of Executor's Assent to Legacy to Life Tenant on Remainderman; Possession At Termination of L
- § 44-6-68 — Validity of Limitations Over Upon Marriage of Widow
- § 44-6-80 — Nature of Life Estates; Estates During Widowhood
- § 44-6-81 — Length of Life Estate
- § 44-6-82 — How and in What Property Life Estate May Be Created
- § 44-6-83 — Rights and Duties of Life Tenant; Forfeiture of Interest to Remainderman
- § 44-6-85 — When Life Tenant Entitled to Emblements
- § 44-6-84 — Ownership of Increase of Property
- § 44-6-86 — Rights of Lessee Upon Termination of Life Estate
- § 44-6-87 — Effect of Purported Sale of Estate by Life Tenant
- § 44-6-88 — Demand for Bond by Purchaser of Life Estate in Personalty; Effect of Failure to Give Bond
- § 44-6-89 — Removal of Personalty Beyond State by Life Tenant; Forfeiture; Restraint
- § 44-6-90 — Jurisdiction of Judge of Superior Court As to Life Estates and Contingent Remainders
- § 44-6-101 — Estate for Years Distinguished From Contract of Hiring and From Landlord and Tenant Relationship
- § 44-6-103 — Tenant's Rights and Duties; Grounds of Forfeiture
- § 44-6-104 — Right of Tenant for Years to Emblements
- § 44-6-105 — Liability of Tenant for Years for Repairs and Expenses
- § 44-6-106 — Dependent and Independent Covenants or Conditions
- § 44-6-190 — Creating Joint Tenancy With Survivorship; Severance; Effect of Code § on Other Laws
- § 44-6-200 — Short Title
- § 44-6-201 — Validity of Nonvested Property Interest or Power of Appointment
- § 44-6-202 — Time of Creation of Nonvested Property Interest or Power of Appointment
- § 44-6-203 — Reform of Disposition by Court to Approximate Transferor's Plan of Distribution
- § 44-6-204 — Exceptions to Applicability of Article
- § 44-6-205 — Applicability of Article; Court Reform of Nonvested Dispositions Created Before Article Became Effec
- § 44-6-206 — Application and Construction of Article
- § 44-7-1 — Creation of Landlord and Tenant Relationship; Rights of Tenant; Construction of Lease for Less Than
- § 44-7-2 — Parol Contract Creating Landlord and Tenant Relationship; Certain Provisions Prohibited; Effect of P
- § 44-7-3 — Disclosure of Ownership and Agents; Effect of Failure to Comply
- § 44-7-4 — Local Ordinances Relating to Security of Premises Occupied by Tenants; Cumulative Effect of This Cod
- § 44-7-5 — When Implied Contract to Pay Rent Arises
- § 44-7-6 — Tenancy At Will -- Creation When No Time Period Specified
- § 44-7-7 — Tenancy At Will -- Notice Required for Termination
- § 44-7-8 — Tenancy At Will -- Right of Tenant to Emblements
- § 44-7-9 — Estoppel to Dispute Landlord's Title or Attorn to Another
- § 44-7-10 — Delivery of Possession At End of Term; Summary Remedy
- § 44-7-11 — Specific Rights of Tenants
- § 44-7-12 — Removal of Trade Fixtures During Term; When Abandoned
- § 44-7-13 — Landlord's Duties As to Repairs and Improvements
- § 44-7-14 — Tort Liability of Landlord
- § 44-7-14.1 — Landlord's Duties As to Utilities
- § 44-7-15 — Effect of Destruction of Tenement on Obligation to Pay Rent
- § 44-7-16 — Accrual of Interest on Rent Owed
- § 44-7-17 — Exemption From Liens Against Tenant of Crops Paid As Rent
- § 44-7-19 — Restrictions on Rent Regulation by Local Governments
- § 44-7-18 — Effect of Leases for Purposes of Prostitution or Assignation
- § 44-7-20 — Notification to Prospective Tenant of Property's Propensity Toward Flooding
- § 44-7-21 — Written Brokerage Agreement As Binding Obligation; Notice of Commission Rights Form
- § 44-7-22 — Termination of a Residential Rental Agreement by a Service Member
- § 44-7-30 — Definitions
- § 44-7-32 — Surety Bond in Lieu of Escrow Account; Withdrawal of Surety; Fees; Liability of Clerk of Superior Co
- § 44-7-31 — Placement of Security Deposit in Trust in Escrow Account; Notice to Tenant of Account Location
- § 44-7-34 — Return of Security Deposit; Grounds for Retention of Part; Delivery of Statement and Sum Due to Tena
- § 44-7-33 — Lists of Existing Defects and of Damages During Tenancy; Right of Tenant to Inspect and Dissent; Act
- § 44-7-36 — Certain Rental Units Exempt From Article
- § 44-7-35 — Remedies for Landlord's Noncompliance With Article
- § 44-7-37 — Liability for Rent of Military Personnel Receiving Change of Duty Orders
- § 44-7-50 — Demand for Possession; Procedure Upon a Tenant's Refusal; Concurrent Issuance of Federal Lease Termi
- § 44-7-51 — Issuance of Summons; Service; Time for Answer; Defenses and Counterclaims
- § 44-7-53 — When Writ of Possession Issued; Trial of Issues; Possession Pending Trial
- § 44-7-52 — When Tender of Payment by Tenant Serves As Complete Defense
- § 44-7-54 — Payment of Rent and Utility Payments Into Court; Issuance of Writ Upon Failure to Pay; Disposition o
- § 44-7-55 — Judgment; Writ of Possession; Landlord's Liability for Wrongful Conduct; Distribution of Funds Paid
- § 44-7-56 — Appeal; Possession and Payment of Rent Pending Appeal
- § 44-7-58 — False Statements in Affidavit or Answer; Penalty
- § 44-7-57 — Application of Article to Croppers and Servants
- § 44-7-70 — Power of Landlord to Distrain for Rent
- § 44-7-59 — Removal of Transportable Housing From Lands Subject to Writ of Possession
- § 44-7-71 — Application for Distress Warrant
- § 44-7-72 — Issuance of Summons; Service on Defendant; Time for Hearing
- § 44-7-73 — When Tender of Payment by Tenant Serves As Complete Defense
- § 44-7-74 — Answer; Grant of Distress Warrant on Failure to Answer; Trial; Possession Pending Final Outcome
- § 44-7-76 — Bond; Determination of Amount; Effect of Approval on Alienability of Property
- § 44-7-75 — Payment of Rent Into Court; Transfer and Possession of Property Pending Trial; Seizure; Disposition
- § 44-7-77 — Judgment and Satisfaction; Landlord's Liability; Distribution of Funds; Return of Property
- § 44-7-78 — Appeal; Possession Pending Appeal
- § 44-7-79 — Execution and Levy of Distress Warrant; Sale
- § 44-7-80 — Time for Attachment of Landlord's Lien; Priorities
- § 44-7-81 — Claims by Third Persons; Oath and Bond; Method of Trial
- § 44-7-82 — Application of Article to Tenant's Mobile Home
- § 44-7-100 — Nature of Relationship Between Owner and Cropper
- § 44-7-101 — Title to Crops
- § 44-7-102 — Recovery of Crops Sold or Disposed of Without Landlord's Consent
- § 44-7-103 — Illegal Sale by Cropper; Refusal of Landlord to Deliver Cropper's Share; Penalties
- § 44-8-1 — Ownership of Running Water; Right to Divert or Adulterate Water
- § 44-8-2 — Nonnavigable Streams -- Rights of Adjoining Owners; Principles When Stream is Boundary; Accretions
- § 44-8-3 — Nonnavigable Streams -- Exclusive Possession by Owner; Interference by Legislature With Lawful Use o
- § 44-8-4 — Nonnavigable Streams -- Construction of Dams, Canals, and Appurtent Works; Liability for Resultant D
- § 44-8-5 — Rights of Adjoining Landowners in Navigable Streams
- § 44-8-6 — Nonnavigable Tidewaters; Title; Rights of Adjoining Landowners; Principles When Tidewaters are Bound
- § 44-8-7 — Rights of Owners of Land Adjacent to or Covered by Navigable Tidewaters
- § 44-8-8 — Exclusive Appropriation of Tidewaters
- § 44-8-9 — Construction of Levees and Ditches; Diversion of Watercourses
- § 44-8-10 — Construction or Establishment of Private Bridge or Ferry; Grant of Franchise to Construct or Operate
- § 44-9-2 — Acquisition of Easement of Light and Air
- § 44-9-1 — Methods of Acquiring Private Ways
- § 44-9-3 — Right of Lateral Support From Adjoining Land; Right to Make Excavations Up to Boundary Line; Notice
- § 44-9-4 — Parol License; When Revocable; When Easement Running With Land
- § 44-9-5 — Cessation of Easement of Necessity Upon Purchase of Land Providing Access to Highway
- § 44-9-6 — Loss of Easement by Abandonment or Nonuse
- § 44-9-7 — Effect of Sale of Property for Taxes or Assessments on Easements or Rights of Way
- § 44-9-20 — Short Title
- § 44-9-21 — Legislative Findings and Declaration of Policy
- § 44-9-23 — Contents of Solar Easements
- § 44-9-22 — Establishment of Solar Easements
- § 44-9-40 — Authority of Superior Court to Grant Private Ways; Filing of Petition As Declaration of Necessity; W
- § 44-9-42 — Selection of Assessors
- § 44-9-41 — Contents of Petition; Manner of Service and Advertisement; Fees
- § 44-9-43 — Show Cause Order; Selection of Assessors; Hearing Before Assessors
- § 44-9-45 — Maintenance of Private Way by Condemnor; Failure to Maintain As Abandonment
- § 44-9-44 — Appeals From Award of Assessors; Jury Trial
- § 44-9-46 — Determination of Amount of Compensation and Other Issues by Jury; Payment and Disposition of Damages
- § 44-9-47 — Motions and Proceedings Subsequent to Judgment; Payment of Compensation; Nonpayment As Abandonment;
- § 44-9-49 — Establishment of Private Way by Agreement Between Parties
- § 44-9-50 — Recording of Private Way; Protection of Owner's Use
- § 44-9-48 — Agreements Between Parties As to Payment of Compensation
- § 44-9-51 — Establishment of Private Way by Several Landowners -- Duties and Privileges of Subsequent Vendees
- § 44-9-52 — Establishment of Private Way by Several Landowners -- Apportionment of Work Among Landowners
- § 44-9-53 — Establishment of Private Way Over Wild Lands Without Notice to Landowner; Assessment of Damages Afte
- § 44-9-55 — Establishment of Private Way by Prescription -- When Owners Barred From Damages
- § 44-9-54 — Establishment of Private Way by Prescription -- Generally
- § 44-9-56 — Notice of Closing of Private Way After One Year's Use
- § 44-9-57 — Limitation on Use of Private Ways for Specific Commercial Purposes
- § 44-9-58 — Petition to Use Another's Landing
- § 44-9-59 — Obstructions; Proceedings for Removal; Petition; Rule Nisi; Order; Appeal; Fees
- § 44-9-60 — Conditions for Converting Private Ways Into Public Roads
- § 44-9-70 — Rights of Way for Mining, Quarrying, and Other Business -- Method of Obtaining
- § 44-9-71 — Rights of Way for Mining, Quarrying, and Other Business -- Appointment of Arbitrators
- § 44-9-72 — Rights of Way for Mining, Quarrying, and Other Business -- Arbitration of Requests for Diversions of
- § 44-9-74 — Right to Drain Mine, Carry Off Ore or Transport Items Over Adjoining Land; Compensation of Landowner
- § 44-9-73 — Right of Mine Owner to Control Water Power With Canal or Dam; Damages to Intervening Landowners; App
- § 44-9-75 — Application of Article to Lessee of Mine
- § 44-9-76 — Amount of Water Allowed to Be Withdrawn From Stream Above Mill or Factory by Mine Owner or Lessee
- § 44-9-90 — Petition for Construction of Tramway
- § 44-9-91 — Proceedings to Lay Out Way; Maximum Width
- § 44-9-92 — Abandonment; Effect
- § 44-10-1 — Short Title
- § 44-10-2 — Definitions
- § 44-10-3 — Creation or Alteration of Conservation Easements; Acceptance; Duration; Effect on Existing Rights an
- § 44-10-4 — Actions Affecting Easements; Parties; Power of Court to Modify or Terminate Easement
- § 44-10-5 — Validity of Easement
- § 44-10-6 — Interests Covered by Article; Interests Not Invalidated by Article
- § 44-10-7 — Construction and Application of Article to Effect Uniformity of Laws
- § 44-10-8 — Recordation of Easements; Revaluation of Encumbered Property; Appeals
- § 44-10-20 — Short Title
- § 44-10-21 — Legislative Purpose; Intent
- § 44-10-22 — Definitions
- § 44-10-23 — Exemptions
- § 44-10-24 — Historic Preservation Commission -- Establishment or Designation; Number, Eligibility, and Terms of
- § 44-10-25 — Historic Preservation Commission -- Powers and Duties
- § 44-10-26 — Designation by Ordinance of Historic Properties or Districts; Required Provisions; Investigation and
- § 44-10-27 — Certificate of Appropriateness -- When Required; Local or State Actions
- § 44-10-29 — Certain Changes or Uses Not Prohibited
- § 44-10-28 — Certificate of Appropriateness -- Review of Applications; Procedure; Approval, Modification, or Reje
- § 44-10-30 — Court Action or Proceedings to Prevent Improper Changes or Illegal Acts or Conduct
- § 44-10-31 — Violations of This Article; Penalties
- § 44-11-1 — Requirement that Plaintiff Recover on Strength of Own Title; Effect of Common Grantor on Proof of Ti
- § 44-11-3 — Right of Joint Owner to Bring an Action Alone; Effect of Judgment
- § 44-11-2 — When Plaintiff May Recover on Prior Possession Alone
- § 44-11-4 — Joint Action Against Separate Claimants; When Prohibited
- § 44-11-5 — Making True Claimant a Defendant; Effect of Judgment As to Such Defendant
- § 44-11-6 — Disclaimer by Defendant; Effect on Costs
- § 44-11-7 — Recovery of Mesne Profits
- § 44-11-8 — Setoff of Value of Improvements Against Mesne Profits by Trespasser
- § 44-11-10 — When Previous Warrantor May Be Codefendant
- § 44-11-9 — Setoff of Value of Improvements Against Mesne Profits by Adverse Claimant; Right of Plaintiff to Ele
- § 44-11-11 — Necessity for Substitution Upon Death of Codefendant in Ejectment
- § 44-11-12 — Annexation of Title Abstract to Petition
- § 44-11-13 — When Judgment Conclusive of Title
- § 44-11-14 — Issuance of Writ of Possession; Levy and Sale Clause
- § 44-11-15 — Persons Not Subject to Writ of Possession
- § 44-11-30 — Manner of Ejecting Intruders; Affidavit; Ejection by Sheriff; Counteraffidavit
- § 44-11-31 — Sheriff Competent to Administer Oath to Person in Possession
- § 44-11-32 — Procedure on Submission of Counteraffidavit; Trial
- § 44-11-33 — Issuance of Writ of Possession; Fi. Fa. for Costs
- § 44-12-1 — Partition of Personal Property
- § 44-12-21 — Rights and Remedies to Enforce Choses in Action
- § 44-12-22 — Assignment of Choses in Action Arising Upon Contracts
- § 44-12-23 — Assignment of a Fund
- § 44-12-24 — What Rights of Action May and May Not Be Assigned
- § 44-12-190 — Short Title
- § 44-12-191 — Construction of Article
- § 44-12-192 — Definitions
- § 44-12-193 — When Property Held, Issued, or Owing in Ordinary Course of Holder's Business Presumed Abandoned
- § 44-12-194 — Conditions Under Which Intangible Property Subject to Custody of State As Unclaimed Property
- § 44-12-195 — When Sums Payable on Traveler's Checks or Money Orders Deemed Abandoned; Conditions Under Which Same
- § 44-12-196 — When Instruments on Which Banking or Financial Organization Directly Liable Presumed Abandoned; Serv
- § 44-12-197 — When Certain Deposits or Other Interests in Banking or Financial Organization Presumed Abandoned
- § 44-12-198 — When Fund Under Life or Endowment Insurance Policy or Annuity Contract Presumed Abandoned
- § 44-12-199 — When Funds Held or Owing by Utility Presumed Abandoned
- § 44-12-200 — When Unclaimed Court Ordered Refund From Business Association Presumed Abandoned
- § 44-12-201 — When Undistributed Dividends and Distributions of Business Associations Presumed Abandoned; When Int
- § 44-12-202 — When Unclaimed Property Distributed in Course of Dissolution or Liquidation of a Person Presumed Aba
- § 44-12-204 — When Intangible Property Held for Owner by State or Federal Entity Presumed Abandoned
- § 44-12-203 — When Intangible Property Held in Fiduciary Capacity for Benefit of Another, and Income Derived There
- § 44-12-205 — When Gift Certificate or Credit Memo Presumed Abandoned
- § 44-12-206 — When Unpaid Wages Presumed Abandoned
- § 44-12-207 — When Employee Benefit Trust Distributions and Income Thereon Presumed Abandoned; Exceptions
- § 44-12-208 — When Funds Held or Owing by Insurer or Hospital, Medical, or Dental Service Corporation Presumed Aba
- § 44-12-209 — Rent Due on Safe-Deposit Boxes; Notice of Opening of Box and Sealing of Contents When Contents Deeme
- § 44-12-210 — Commencement of Abandonment for Certain Property Described in Code § 44-12-197
- § 44-12-211 — When Bequeathed Property Presumed Abandoned; When Person Presumed Dead Without Heirs or Distributees
- § 44-12-212 — When Property Described in Code § 44-12-193 Not Subject to This Article
- § 44-12-213 — Cooperation With Other States to Audit or Otherwise Determine Unclaimed Property Subject to Claim; R
- § 44-12-214 — Report and Remittance of Persons Holding Property Presumed Abandoned Under This Article
- § 44-12-215 — Publication of
- § 44-12-216 — Assumption of Custody by State; Legal Proceedings Instituted by Other State; Reimbursements for Cost
- § 44-12-217 — Sale or Destruction of Property
- § 44-12-218 — Disposition of Funds Received Under Article
- § 44-12-219 — When Commissioner May Decline to Receive Certain Property
- § 44-12-220 — Claims for Property Paid or Delivered to Commissioner; Procedure; Destruction of Records After Seven
- § 44-12-221 — Appeal of Commissioner's Decision
- § 44-12-222 — Determination of Claim; Hearing
- § 44-12-223 — Effect of Periods of Limitation
- § 44-12-224 — Agreement and Fees for Recovery or Assistance in Recovery of Property Reported and Delivered to Comm
- § 44-12-225 — Confidentiality of Information or Records Required by This Article
- § 44-12-226 — Expiration of Limitation Specified by Contract, Statute, or Court Order Not to Affect Duties Require
- § 44-12-227 — Penalties
- § 44-12-228 — Maintenance and Retention of Records
- § 44-12-229 — Commissioner May Compel Filing of Report and May Examine Records; Failure to Maintain Records
- § 44-12-230 — Employment of Independent Consultant
- § 44-12-231 — Enforcement of Article; Properties Not Paid Over on a Timely Basis
- § 44-12-232 — Article Does Not Relieve Holder of Duty that Arose Before July 1, 1990
- § 44-12-233 — Receipt of Securities Under This Article
- § 44-12-234 — Property in Foreign Country or Arising Out of Foreign Transaction
- § 44-12-235 — Rules and Regulations
- § 44-12-236 — Alternative Method of Disposition With Respect to Certain Dividends or Capital Credits Which are Pre
- § 44-12-237 — Unclaimed United States Savings Bond
- § 44-12-238 — Claim for United States Savings Bonds Escheated to State
- § 44-12-240 — Definitions
- § 44-12-241 — Pecans Falling on Public Right of Way -- Ownership During Harvest Season; Picking Pecans From Tree L
- § 44-12-242 — Pecans Falling on Public Right of Way -- Removal Out of Harvest Season
- § 44-12-243 — Effect of Article on Maintenance of Public Rights of Way; Harvest on Limited Access Highways
- § 44-13-100 — Exemptions for Purposes of Bankruptcy and Intestate Insolvent Estates
- § 44-13-101 — Method of Obtaining Exemption
- § 44-13-102 — Survey and Plat of Exempted Land; Return to Probate Court; Recordation
- § 44-13-103 — Objections to Survey or to Valuation of Improvements; Application to Probate Court; Appointment of A
- § 44-13-104 — Town Property Worth More Than .00; Sale and Reinvestment
- § 44-13-105 — Sale of Property Subject to Encumbrance of Homestead
- § 44-13-106 — Use of Exempted Property
- § 44-13-107 — Exempted Property Subject to Levy and Sale for Purchase Money and Taxes
- § 44-13-108 — Levy or Sale of Exempt Property As Trespass; Cause of Action
- § 44-13-120 — Rights of Georgia Residents
- § 44-14-1 — Operation of
- § 44-14-2 — What Advances Secured by Mortgage or Conveyance to Secure Debt; Effect of Recorded Transfer of Prope
- § 44-14-3 — Furnishing of Cancellation by Grantee or Holder Upon Payment; Liability for Failure to Comply; Cance
- § 44-14-6 — Wrongful Sale or Removal of Mortgaged Property; Penalty
- § 44-14-4 — Procedure for Recording Cancellation of Mortgage
- § 44-14-7 — Selling or Disposing of Motor Vehicle Securing Bill of Sale With Intent to Defraud; Penalty
- § 44-14-5 — Practices Prohibited in Connection With Certain Residential Real Estate Transactions
- § 44-14-8 — Removal or Other Disposal of Encumbered Property in Order to Hinder Levy; Penalty; Venue
- § 44-14-10 — Search for Property Where Defendant Has No Permanent Abode; Venue of Prosecution
- § 44-14-11 — Entry of Nulla Bona; Shifting of Burden of Proof
- § 44-14-9 — Aiding and Abetting Removal or Other Disposal; Venue; Conviction Not Dependent Upon Principal's Conv
- § 44-14-12 — Deceiving As to Existence of Lien; Making Second Deed of Conveyance; Penalty
- § 44-14-13 — Disbursement of Settlement Proceeds; Delivery of Loan Funds to Settlement Agent by Lender; Damages
- § 44-14-14 — Vacant and Foreclosed Real Property Registries; Definitions; Fees and Penalties for Registration
- § 44-14-31 — Form and Contents of Mortgage
- § 44-14-30 — Mortgage As Security Only; Effect on Title
- § 44-14-15 — Fee for a Future Conveyance; Limited Circumstances
- § 44-14-32 — Use of Parol Evidence to Prove Apparent Deed a Mortgage
- § 44-14-33 — Attestation or Acknowledgment of Mortgage; Additional Witness in Case of Land; Constructive Notice
- § 44-14-34 — Signing of Mortgages Executed Outside State
- § 44-14-35 — Recording of Mortgages on Realty; Effect of Renewed Mortgage As Lien Absent Recordation
- § 44-14-35.1 — Property Covered by Mortgage or Bill of Sale to Secure Debt; Mortgage or Bill Given to Secure Bond I
- § 44-14-36 — Registry of Mortgages on Property of Railroads and Other Utilities
- § 44-14-37 — Effect of Failure to Record
- § 44-14-40 — Probate of Mortgages
- § 44-14-39 — Effect of Defective Record As Notice
- § 44-14-38 — Admission of Mortgages Into Evidence
- § 44-14-41 — Tacking of Mortgages
- § 44-14-42 — Mortgages to Sureties and Guarantors
- § 44-14-42.1 — Redemption of Property by Mortgagor
- § 44-14-43 — Foreclosure of Mortgage After Note Barred by Limitations
- § 44-14-44 — Sale of Mortgaged Land Under Other Process; Claiming Proceeds of Sale
- § 44-14-45 — Forthcoming Bond by Purchaser of Mortgaged Personalty; Affidavit of Mortgagee
- § 44-14-46 — When Mortgage Fi. Fa. May Claim Proceeds of Sale
- § 44-14-47 — Sale of Mortgaged Property Without Foreclosure and Claim by Mortgagee
- § 44-14-48 — Foreclosure by One of Several Mortgagees; Control and Distribution of Proceeds by Court
- § 44-14-49 — Right of Holder of Mortgage to Foreclose in Equity
- § 44-14-100 — Tree Growing and Fruit Producing As Agricultural Pursuits; Gum Producers As Farmers
- § 44-14-101 — Crops As Personalty
- § 44-14-120 — Enforcement of Rights; Petition; Order
- § 44-14-121 — Defense by Maker; When and How Made; Affidavit
- § 44-14-122 — Action Against Maker's Personal Representative
- § 44-14-123 — Trial of Issues
- § 44-14-124 — Judgment; Lien Thereof; Levy and Sale of the Land
- § 44-14-125 — Disposition of Proceeds of Sale; Surplus
- § 44-14-126 — Debt Due in Installments; Treatment of Surplus
- § 44-14-141 — Extension of Time Period; Affidavit
- § 44-14-140 — Expiration of Notice Effected by Recording of Mortgage or Other Security Instrument on Personality
- § 44-14-142 — Recording of Affidavit; Indexing; Fee
- § 44-14-143 — Limitations on Instruments Filed Before March 31, 1937
- § 44-14-144 — Exclusion of Public Utility Corporations From Coverage of Code §s 44-14-140 Through 44-14-143
- § 44-14-610 — Necessity of Recordation for Operation of Lis Pendens As to Real Property
- § 44-14-611 — Lis Pendens Docket; Indexing; Recording Fees
- § 44-14-612 — Entry of Dismissal, Settlement, or Final Judgment
- § 44-14-613 — Effect of Article on Other Laws
- § 44-15-1 — Short Title
- § 44-15-2 — Definitions
- § 44-15-3 — Considerations and Standard of Conduct for Institutions Receiving Gifts
- § 44-15-4 — Management of Institutional Funds for Endowment
- § 44-15-5 — Delegation of Management of Funds
- § 44-15-7 — Compliance With Provisions; Effective Date
- § 44-15-6 — Modification of Restrictions
- § 44-15-8 — Uniformity With Law of Other States
- § 44-16-1 — Short Title
- § 44-16-2 — Definitions
- § 44-16-3 — Holders of Environmental Covenants; Rights of Agency; Rules
- § 44-16-4 — Requirements for Environmental Covenant
- § 44-16-5 — Enforcement of Environmental Convenant
- § 44-16-6 — Environmental Covenant Restrictions
- § 44-16-7 — Validation of Environmental Covenant
- § 44-16-8 — Recording of Amendments or Termination of Environmental Convenant
- § 44-16-9 — Limitation of Environmental Covenant
- § 44-16-11 — Liability for Violation and Enforcement of Environmental Covenant
- § 44-16-10 — Amendment or Termination; Interest in Environmental Covenant Not Affected by Amendment; Role of Cour
- § 44-16-12 — Maintenance of Registry
- § 44-16-13 — Rules and Regulations; Fees
- § 44-16-14 — Electronic Signatures and Delivery