Georgia § 8-2-188 - Retention of titles by commissioner.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 8-2-188 — Retention of titles by commissioner., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8-2-188. Retention of titles by commissioner.
Upon receipt of a properly executed Certificate of Destruction, the commissioner shall file and retain a copy of such certificate together with all other prior title records related to the home. When a Certificate of Destruction is so filed, the commissioner shall issue to the filing party the original of the Certificate of Destruction containing thereon confirmation by the commissioner that the Certificate of Destruction has been so filed. (Code 1981, § 8-2-188 , enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 430, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 3-1/HB 501; Ga. L. 2006, p. 702, § 1/SB 253.)
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