Learn About The Law
Get help with your legal needs
FindLaw’s Learn About the Law features thousands of informational articles to help you understand your options. And if you’re ready to hire an attorney, find one in your area who can help.
Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Where the judge orders a transfer to be made under any of the provisions of this article, the judge's order of transfer shall be in the following form unless the exigencies of the case require a different form:
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF _____ COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
|
) |
||
|
In re petition |
) |
Civil action |
|
of _____________ |
) |
File no. _______ |
|
) |
--JUDGE'S ORDER OF TRANSFER--
For good cause shown to the court, the clerk is directed to cancel the Certificate of Title No. _____, Registered Title No. _____, standing in the name of _____ on the title register and to register a certificate of title in lieu thereof, as follows: in accordance with the decree of court rendered in the action of _____ v._____ in _____ court; and transfer of title is accordingly ordered. You will enter this transfer upon the title register, noting upon the same a reference to the book and page upon which the above-recited order or decree may be found.
This order of transfer shall be effective upon the presentation of the outstanding owner's certificate, which you will cancel. * _______________
This _____ day of _____, _____.
|
_________________________________________________ |
|
|
Judge |
(*If the court has not been able to require the production of the outstanding owner's certificate, the judge shall erase this sentence from the order and substitute in the blank space below it the following: “You will cause notice to be published, in accordance with the law, that the certificate is canceled.”)
(b) If the exigencies of the case require a variation from the above prescribed form, the clerk shall also record the judge's order on the minutes of the court and, under the appropriate heading in the entry of transfer on the title register, write the words “Special, See Minute Book _____, page _____.” If the judge's order of transfer is made without obtaining production of the outstanding owner's certificate, the clerk, in entering the transfer, shall, under the heading “Remarks,” write “Owner's certificate not produced, but canceled by publication.”
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Georgia Code Title 44. Property § 44-2-244 - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ga/title-44-property/ga-code-sect-44-2-244/
FindLaw Codes may not reflect the most recent version of the law in your jurisdiction. Please verify the status of the code you are researching with the state legislature before relying on it for your legal needs.
A free source of state and federal court opinions, state laws, and the United States Code. For more information about the legal concepts addressed by these cases and statutes, visit FindLaw’s Learn About the Law.
Get help with your legal needs
FindLaw’s Learn About the Law features thousands of informational articles to help you understand your options. And if you’re ready to hire an attorney, find one in your area who can help.
Search our directory by legal issue
Enter information in one or both fields (Required)