In the event lands and tenements sought to be partitioned are not sold pursuant to Code Section 44-6-166.1, the court shall order a public sale of such lands and tenements. The court shall appoint three discreet persons as commissioners to conduct such sale under such regulations and upon such just and equitable terms as it may prescribe. The sale shall take place on the first Tuesday in the month, shall be at the place of public sales in the county in which the land is located, and shall be advertised in some public newspaper once a week for four weeks. This Code section shall not be construed to change the place of sale in those counties where by law sheriffs’ sales are required to take place at the courthouse.
History. Laws 1837, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 584; Code 1863, § 3903; Code 1868, § 3927; Code 1873, § 4003; Code 1882, § 4003; Ga. L. 1887, p. 29, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 4793; Ga. L. 1903, p. 40, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 5365; Code 1933, § 85-1511; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1182, § 2.
Editor’s notes.
Provisions which, prior to the 1983 amendment of this section, appeared in the first sentence of this Code section now appear in § 44-6-166.1 . Applicable case notes have been transferred to § 44-6-166.1 .
Law reviews.
For article surveying developments in Georgia real property law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 219 (1981).
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Subpart 2 - Statutory Partition
§ 44-6-160. Grounds for Partition; Jurisdiction; Contents of Petition
§ 44-6-161. Who May Apply for Partition
§ 44-6-162. Notice of Intention to Apply for Writ of Partition
§ 44-6-163. Issuance of Writ of Partition; Appointment of Partitioners
§ 44-6-165. Objections and Defenses to Right of Applicant, Writ, or Return; Jury Trial
§ 44-6-166.1. Partition When Physical Division of Property Is Inequitable
§ 44-6-167. When Sale of Lands Ordered; Procedure; Place of Sale; Notice
§ 44-6-169. Title to Property Sold; Execution of Deed of Conveyance by Commissioners
§ 44-6-170. Treatment of Extraordinary Cases; Denial of Sale or Partition
§ 44-6-172. Partition of Realty by Life Tenants — Effect on Other Parties; Conditions
§ 44-6-174. Partition of Realty by Life Tenants — Cumulative Effect