Georgia Code, Title 44, Chapter 5, Article 2 - Conveyances

• § 44-5-30 - Requisites of Deed to Lands; Inquiry Into Consideration
  Except for documents electronically filed as provided for in Chapter 12 of Title 10 and Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 2 of...
• § 44-5-31 - Requisites of Deed to Personalty; Necessity for Deed
  A deed to personalty needs no attesting witness to make it valid; in other respects, the principles applicable to deeds to lands are applicable...
• § 44-5-32 - Requisites of Instruments Other Than Deeds
  Every bond for title, bond to reconvey realty, contract to sell or to convey realty or any interest therein and every transfer or assignment...
• § 44-5-33 - Form of Deed
  No prescribed form is essential to the validity of a deed to lands or personalty. If the deed is sufficient in itself to make...
• § 44-5-34 - Construction of Inconsistent Clauses in Deed; Ascertainment of Intention of Parties
  If two clauses in a deed are utterly inconsistent, the former shall prevail; but the intention of the parties should, if possible, be ascertained...
• § 44-5-35 - Apportionment of Price for Deficiency in Number of Acres; Rescission
  In a sale of lands, if the purchase is per acre, a deficiency in the number of acres may be apportioned in the price....
• § 44-5-36 - Purchaser's Remedies for Loss of Land Due to Title Defect
  If the purchaser loses part of his land from a defect of title, he may claim according to the relative value of the land...
• § 44-5-37 - Applicability of Code Sections 53-2-112 Through 53-2-114 to Elections Under or Against Deed
  The principles of Code Sections 53-2-112 through 53-2-114 relating to elections shall also apply to deeds.
• § 44-5-38 - Effect of Recital in Deed of Receipt of Purchase Money
  Recital in a deed that the purchase money has been received does not estop the maker from denying the fact and proving the contrary.
• § 44-5-39 - Binding Effect of Covenants on Grantee Who Accepts Deed
  When a grantee accepts a deed, he is bound by the covenants contained therein even though the deed has not been signed by him.
• § 44-5-40 - Conveyance of Future Interests or Estates
  Future interests or estates are descendible, devisable, and alienable in the same manner as estates in possession. Vested interests in property stemming from the...
• § 44-5-41 - Voidance and Ratification of Conveyance to or by a Minor
  A deed, security deed, bill of sale to secure debt, or any other conveyance of property or interest in property to or by a...
• § 44-5-42 - Delivery of Deed to Third Party As Escrow; Possession As Proof of Delivery
  A deed delivered to a third party, to be delivered on certain conditions to the grantee, is an escrow. Possession of that deed by...
• § 44-5-43 - Effect of Adverse Possession on Making of Deed
  A deed to lands which is made while the lands are held adversely to the maker of the deed is not void.
• § 44-5-44 - Estoppel From Claiming Adversely to Own Deed
  The maker of a deed cannot subsequently claim adversely to his deed under a title acquired after the making thereof. He is estopped from...
• § 44-5-45 - When Ancient Deed Admissible Without Proof of Execution
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 82/HB 24, effective January 1, 2013.
• § 44-5-46 - Establishment of Copy of Deed Upon Loss of Original; Effect of Copy
  If an original deed is lost, a copy may be established by the superior court of the county where the land is located; and...
• § 44-5-47 - Liability of Purchaser for Costs of Conveyance
  Without an expressed stipulation to the contrary, a purchaser must pay the costs of the conveyance.
• § 44-5-48 - Deeds Conveying Interest in Real Property Used As Commercial Landfill
  (a) All deeds conveying an interest in real property which has been used as a commercial landfill shall include notice of the landfill operations,...

Last modified: October 14, 2016