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GA Code § 44-2-228 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-228. Oath of Examiner

 The examiner is required to take the following oath, to be filed along with the order of his appointment in the office of the clerk of the superior court of his residence: "I, ____________, do swear that I will faithfully, well, and truly perform the duties of examiner under the Land Registration Law, according to law to the best of my skill and ability. _____________________________________________________________________ Sworn to and subscribed before me, this ________________________, ________. __________________"   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 93; Code 1933, § 60-609; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 44; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44.)
GA Code § 44-2-229 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-229. Referral to Examiner

 Upon the clerk's notifying the judge that a petition has been filed, the judge shall promptly refer the petition to an examiner in substantially the following form: IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ________ COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA ) In re petition ) Civil action of ________ ) File no. ______ ) ORDER Application having been filed to register _________________________________ ________________________________ land, it is hereby ordered that this matter be and is referred to __________________________, as examiner for proceedings in conformity with the Land Registration Law. This ________ day of ________________________, ________. ____________________________________________________________________ Judge   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 94; Code 1933, § 60-610; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44.)
GA Code § 44-2-230 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-230. Preliminary Report of Examiner; Schedules

 The following is suggested as the general form of the preliminary report of an examiner: IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ________ COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA ) In re petition ) Civil action of ________ ) File no. ______ ) PRELIMINARY REPORT Application to register ___________________________________________________ ______________ land having been duly considered, the undersigned, as examiner, makes the following preliminary report: I have examined all records as required by the Land Registration Law. I attach an abstract of the title (Schedule A) as shown on the public records and so far as obtainable from other trustworthy sources. The names and addresses of all persons, so far as I have been able to ascertain, who have any interest in the land, are set out in Schedule B hereto, showing their several apparent or possible interests and indicating upon whom and in what manner service should be made. A like disclosure of all adjoining landowners is set out in Schedule C hereto. I find the following to be a history of the possession ___________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Special attention is called to the following matters: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This ________ day of ________________________, ________. ___________________________________________________________________ Examiner SCHEDULE A (Attach examiner's full abstract) SCHEDULE B Names and addresses of all persons having apparent or possible interests in the land, other than applicants, and indicating upon whom and in what manner further service, if any, should be made _______________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ SCHEDULE C Names and addresses of all adjoining owners: _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 95; Code 1933, § 60-611; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44.)
GA Code § 44-2-231 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-231. Final Report of Examiner

 The following is suggested as the general form of the examiner's final report: IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ________ COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA ) In re petition ) Civil action of ________ ) File no. ______ ) FINAL REPORT Application to register ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ land having been duly considered, the undersigned, as examiner, makes this his final report: The preliminary report filed by the undersigned is made a part hereof, and is correct, except as herein otherwise stated. The following proceedings have occurred before the examiner, and accompanying herewith is a brief (or a stenographic) report of the evidence taken on the hearing: ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ In Exhibit ________, hereto, is a report of the matters ascertained by the independent examination of the examiner. My conclusions of fact are set forth in Exhibit ________ hereto annexed. My conclusions of law are set forth in Exhibit ________ hereto annexed. I find the state of the title to be as follows: __________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ I find that there are liens and encumbrances on the land as follows: ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ This ________________________, ________. ____________________________________________________________________ Examiner   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 96; Code 1933, § 60-612; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44.)
GA Code § 44-2-232 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-232. Decrees of Title

 Decrees of title should be rendered in accordance with the following form: IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ________ COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA ) In re petition ) Civil action of ________ ) File no. ______ ) DECREE OF TITLE The above entitled action coming on to be heard and it appearing to the court that process has been served and notice given and publication made, all in full compliance with the Land Registration Law, and that all the requirements of said Law have been complied with, it is decreed, ordered, and adjudged that the title to the lands involved: (here describe lands) is held and owned as follows: The fee simple belongs to ________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ subject to the following limitations and conditions: ______________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ It is further ordered and decreed that said lands be and they are hereby brought under the operation and provisions of the Land Registration Law, and the title of the said ________________________________________________________ in and to the estate herein set forth above is confirmed and ordered registered; subject, however, to the following liens and encumbrances: ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ and subject also to _______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Let this decree be entered on the minutes of this court and on the register of decrees of title of said county. In open court this ______ day of ________________________, ________. ____________________________________________________________________ Judge   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 97; Code 1933, § 60-613; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44.)
GA Code § 44-2-233 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-233. Book of Decrees; Index

  It is contemplated by this article that the book known as the register of decrees of title shall be made up in the following manner:   It shall be of such size that each page may contain a full copy of the decree of title;   Only one decree should be entered on any page;   Each page should have printed thereon the form of the decree of title as prescribed in Code Section 44-2-232 with ample spacing left in the blanks;     Even though several separate tracts may be joined in the same application, the judge should render separate decrees as to each tract; and these decrees should be separately entered and given separate registered title numbers. Every certificate of title, owner's certificate, and creditor's certificate must carry on it, in addition to its own certificate number, the registered title number of the decree under which the tract to which it pertains was registered.   A part of the register of decrees of title shall be an alphabetical index thereto which the clerk shall carefully keep. Whenever a decree is entered on the register of decrees of title, the clerk shall immediately index it in the name of the person in whose favor the title is registered under proper alphabetical head, the name being followed by the registered title number. If the decree is in favor of more than one person, it shall be separately indexed under the name of each and every one of them, the name of each of said persons being shown under the proper alphabetical head.    (4) At the bottom of the page should be the words:   "Entered and registered this ________ day of ________________________, ________, at ____: ____ ____. M. and certificate of title No. ______ issued thereon. ____________________________________________________________________ Clerk" and (5) At the top of the page and preceding the copy of the decree should be the words, "Registered Title No. ______." The first decree entered is numbered "Registered Title No. 1," the second "Registered Title No. 2," and so on in continuous, consecutive order. The registered title number of a registered tract never changes though any number of subsequent certificates may be issued thereon; therefore, the registered title number and the certificate number will usually be different.   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 98; Code 1933, § 60-614; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Failure properly to index conveyance or mortgage of realty as affecting constructive notice, 63 A.L.R. 1057.
GA Code § 44-2-234 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-234. Title Register Book; Registered Title Number; Index of Title Register

 (a) It is contemplated by this article that the title register shall be a well-bound book with pages not less than 18 inches wide. It shall be labeled on the back with the words "Title Register" followed by the name of the county. For convenience, additional labels may be used in order to show what certificates are included, for example, "Certificates 1501-2000, inclusive," or other similar information. It shall be printed and ruled in substantially the following form: TO VIEW FORM (b) The two pages facing each other on the register shall constitute the original certificate of title when the blanks are duly filled in and signed by the clerk. The first certificate of title in the book should be numbered "Certificate No. 1," the next one "Certificate No. 2," and so on, in continuous, consecutive order. If a new book is opened, the numbering therein should begin with the number next succeeding the last number in the book just completed.   In registering a certificate of title, in addition to the certificate number, the registered title number should also be inserted. The registered title number is always the same as that which appears on the decree of title, by virtue of which the land to which the certificate relates was originally registered. Therefore, every certificate of title registered in the title register shall bear a different certificate number from every other certificate of title registered therein; but all certificates of title which refer to the same registered tract, no matter how many such certificates may be issued in the course of time, shall bear the same registered title number.   The clerk shall keep an alphabetical index of the title register. This may most conveniently be kept in a separate book. Whenever a certificate of title is entered in the title register, the clerk shall insert in the index, under proper alphabetical head, the name of the person in whose favor the certificate is registered, the reference to the certificate number, and the reference to the registered title number. Whenever a certificate is entered in the name of more than one person, the name of each shall be likewise alphabetically indexed.   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 99; Code 1933, § 60-615; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Records and Recording Laws, § 73 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 76 C.J.S., Registers of Deeds, § 9 et seq.   ALR.    - Right of vendee to record title where vendor to covenants to furnish abstract showing title, 7 A.L.R. 1166.
GA Code § 44-2-235 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-235. Duty of Clerk to Enter on New Certificate All Entries and Notations of Record

 When registering a certificate of title upon a transfer, the clerk shall bring forward and appropriately enter on the new certificate of title all entries and notations appearing on the certificate from which the transfer is made, except such as shall have been canceled. In transcribing entries brought forward, the clerk will note under the column headed "Remarks" against such entries the words "Brought forward."   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 100; Code 1933, § 60-616.)
GA Code § 44-2-236 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-236. Certified Copies of Certificates of Title or Entries Thereon

 Upon request of any person and the payment of lawful fees, the clerk shall issue a certified copy of any certificate of title or of any entry thereon in like manner as he may issue certified copies of any other public record in his office; but, whenever he does so, he shall plainly mark in large legible letters across the face of the certificate the word "copy." If a certified copy of a canceled certificate or entry is made, in addition to transcribing a copy of the entry of cancellation, the clerk shall also plainly mark the words "canceled certificate" or "canceled entry," as the case may be, across the face of the copy.   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 101; Code 1933, § 60-617.)
GA Code § 44-2-237 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-237. Recordation and Notation of Plat

 Whenever a plat of the premises which is too large or too intricate for easy transcription on the register of decrees of title or on the certificate of title is a part of the description of the lands or is used to aid description, it shall not be necessary for the clerk to copy such plat on the register of decrees of title or on the certificate of title. In lieu of copying such plat, the clerk shall record it and shall note a reference to the book and page where recorded.   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 102; Code 1933, § 60-618; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1396, § 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 44; Ga. L. 2016, p. 193, § 8/HB 1004.)    The 2016 amendment,  effective January 1, 2017, in the second sentence, deleted "in one of the public record books in his office" following "the clerk shall record it", and deleted "its existence together with" following "and shall note"; and deleted the former third sentence, which read: "If the holder of the owner's certificate desires a copy of the plat to be attached as a part of his owner's certificate, the clerk shall make a certified copy and attach it upon payment of the fee provided for in paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of Code Section 15-6-77."
GA Code § 44-2-238 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-238. Recordation of Lengthy Description - Reference on Title Register; Effect

 Whenever, in the registering of any certificate of title or any notation or entry on the title register, it is found that the description of the premises or the portion thereof involved or any other detail in connection with the transaction is too lengthy to be transcribed in full in the proper space on the register, it shall be permissible to record the instrument, document, or writing in which such lengthy detail or description is contained on some public record book of the county and, instead of setting forth the description or other detail, as the case may be, in extenso on the title register, to state it in general terms with the reference for further particulars to the public record where recorded as follows: "For further detail, see Deed Book _____________, page _____________." Such registration shall be adequate to all intents and purposes, and the record thus made on the public record shall be considered as a part of the certificate of title contained on the title register.   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 103; Code 1933, § 60-619.)
GA Code § 44-2-239 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-239. Recordation of Lengthy Description - Notation on Owner's or Creditor's Certificate; Attaching Certified Copy; Fee

 Whenever any of the description or details of a certificate of title on the title register are set out in full in some other record of the clerk's office with reference thereto on the title register as provided in Code Section 44-2-238, like reference shall be made on the owner's certificate and on the creditor's certificate when thereafter issued; but, if the holder of the owner's certificate or creditor's certificate shall so require, the clerk shall make a full and complete copy of the record to which reference is made, certify it as such, and attach it to the owner's certificate or the creditor's certificate, as the case may be. For making and certifying such copy of the recorded document or writing and attaching it to the owner's certificate or creditor's certificate, as the case may be, the clerk shall be paid as provided for in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (g) of Code Section 15-6-77, relating to the certification of records.   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 104; Code 1933, § 60-620; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1396, § 4; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 44.)
GA Code § 44-2-240 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 2 - Recordation and Registration of Deeds and Other Instruments|Article 2 - Land Registration|Part 8 - Forms|§ 44-2-240. Owner's Certificate of Title

 (a) The form of the owner's certificate of title shall correspond in general with the certificate of title form except that it shall be headed with the words "Owner's Certificate of Title." It is suggested that it be prepared on paper of suitable size which shall be folded into four pages. The first page shall contain the certificate proper omitting the notations and special entries. The inner pages, pages 2 and 3, shall be ruled and written or printed, preferably the latter, in conformity with the form shown in Code Section 44-2-234 for the printing and ruling of the title register for the entry of transfers, liens, encumbrances, creditors' certificates, and other like matters, these two pages being treated for this purpose as a single sheet so that ample space will thereby be given for the crosswise extension of the entries. The back, or fourth, page shall be endorsed as follows: OWNER'S CERTIFICATE OF TITLE Registered Title No. _____________________________________________________ Certificate No. __________________________________________________________ Issued to ________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Georgia, __________________________ County Entered and Registered (in lieu of certificate No. __________, which has been canceled). This the ________________ day of ________________________, ________, at ____:____ ____. M. ____________________________________________________________________ Clerk, Superior Court   In case of the first issuance of the owner's certificate on the granting of a decree of registration, the words shown in parenthesis in the endorsement should be omitted.   It is suggested that convenience will be served by folding the certificate in the manner of folding documents written on legal cap or foolscap paper and by writing or printing the endorsement in the style and manner in which similar endorsements are usually put on legal documents. When printed blanks are prepared for use in this connection, it is also suggested that a blank form of transfer be printed on part of the fourth page other than that part used for the endorsement. However, space should be left on the fourth page for such entries as the clerk may be required to make, from time to time, under this article such as certifying that the certificate is valid with all entries noted to date.   (Ga. L. 1917, p. 108, § 105; Code 1933, § 60-621; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 44; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 44.)