When executed outside this state, mortgages shall be signed by the maker, attested by an officer as provided in Code Section 44-2-15, and attested by one other witness.
(Ga. L. 1931, p. 153, § 1; Code 1933, § 67-106; Ga. L. 2015, p. 937, § 4/HB 322.)
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "When executed outside this state, mortgages may be attested, acknowledged, or probated in the same manner as deeds of bargain and sale."
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 55 Am. Jur. 2d, Mortgages, § 89 et seq.
C.J.S.- 59 C.J.S., Mortgages, § 110.
ALR.
- Variance from statute of wording of affidavit required by it to accompany chattel mortgage, 143 A.L.R. 1254.
Sufficiency of certificate of acknowledgment, 25 A.L.R.2d 1124.