Escrow & Title
In Georgia, when a buyer purchases property and a third party has an 'unrecorded' claim against the title, the buyer takes the property:
ASubject to the unrecorded claim regardless
BFree of the unrecorded claim if the buyer was a bona fide purchaser for value without notice✓ Correct
CSubject to the unrecorded claim only if it's over $10,000
DFree of all claims upon recording the deed
Explanation
Georgia follows a race-notice recording system. A bona fide purchaser for value who purchases without actual, constructive, or inquiry notice of an unrecorded claim takes the property free of that claim upon recording their deed.
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