(a) The clerk of the superior court shall keep a docket for the filing for record of deeds, mortgages, and liens of all kinds, which docket shall show the day and hour of the recording and which shall be open for examination and inspection as other records of his office.

(b) Deeds, mortgages, and liens of all kinds which are required by law to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court and which are against the interests of third parties who have acquired a transfer or lien binding the same property and who are acting in good faith and without notice shall take effect only from the time they are filed for record in the clerk's office.

(c) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to affect the validity or force of any deed, mortgage, judgment, or lien of any kind between the parties thereto.