Georgia § 44-5-12 - Impeachment of grants; grounds; effect of irregularities or misnomer.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 44-5-12 — Impeachment of grants; grounds; effect of irregularities or misnomer., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 44-5-12. Impeachment of grants; grounds; effect of irregularities or misnomer.
Grants may be impeached before the courts where they are: Void upon their face; Issued without authority of law or against a prohibition in a law; or Issued for property to which the state had no title. However, mere irregularities in the proceedings to obtain grants shall not be inquired into nor may a mistake in the name of the grantee be proved by parol. (Ga. L. 1857, p. 58, § 1; Code 1863, § 2333; Code 1868, § 2330; Code 1873, § 2361; Code 1882, § 2361; Civil Code 1895, § 3220; Civil Code 1910, § 3808; Code 1933, § 85-311.)
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