Georgia Code
Subpart 2 - Statutory Partition
§ 44-6-169. Title to Property Sold; Execution of Deed of Conveyance by Commissioners

Upon the sale of lands and tenements as provided for in Code Section 44-6-167, the parties in interest shall execute a title to the purchaser; and, if any of them shall fail or refuse to do so, the commissioners or any two of them shall execute a deed of conveyance to such lands and tenements to the purchaser at such sale, which deed shall be as valid and binding as if made by the parties themselves.
History. Laws 1837, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 584; Code 1863, § 3905; Code 1868, § 3929; Code 1873, § 4005; Code 1882, § 4005; Civil Code 1895, § 4795; Civil Code 1910, § 5367; Code 1933, § 85-1513.
Law reviews.
For note, “The Georgia Condominium Act’s Authorization of Private Takings: Revisiting Kelo and ‘Bitter with the Sweet,”’ see 55 Ga. L. Rev. 395 (2020).

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 44 - Property

Chapter 6 - Estates

Article 7 - Tenancy in Common

Part 2 - Partition

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

§ 44-6-164. Appointment of Surveyor; Notice of Time of Execution of Writ; Oath of Partitioners; Principles Governing Partition; Partitioner’s Return

§ 44-6-165. Objections and Defenses to Right of Applicant, Writ, or Return; Jury Trial

§ 44-6-166. Return of Partitioners as Judgment of Court; Conclusiveness; When Second Partition Ordered; Effect

§ 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

§ 44-6-168. Commissioners’ Return; Distribution of Proceeds; Liability of Commissioners for Moneys Received; Contempt

§ 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

§ 44-6-171. Setting Aside Judgment by Parties Under Disability, Absent, or Not Notified; Time Limitations; Conclusiveness of Judgment; Effect of Proceedings on Bona Fide Purchaser

§ 44-6-172. Partition of Realty by Life Tenants — Effect on Other Parties; Conditions

§ 44-6-173. Partition of Realty by Life Tenants — Appointment of Guardians Ad Litem; Service of Notice of Application; Time for Answer

§ 44-6-174. Partition of Realty by Life Tenants — Cumulative Effect