Legal Opinion
VINEVILLE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC v. McCOOK
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 19, 2014No. A14A1325PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Branch, Judge.
Under OCGA § 44-14-80, title to real property conveyed by a security deed that has not been cancelled or foreclosed upon after a certain period of time reverts to the grantor as a matter of law. The statute sets the default time period at seven years starting, depending on the circumstances, from either the maturity of the debt or from the date of the original conveyance. Id. The parties to the security deed are allowed, however, to extend the time to 20 years by so designating in the security deed. Id. The question in this case is whether the relevant security deed contains the…
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