History. Orig. Code 1863, §§ 811, 813; Code 1868, §§ 891, 893; Code 1873, §§ 888, 890; Ga. L. 1876, p. 30, § 1; Code 1882, §§ 888, 890; Civil Code 1895, §§ 905, 907; Civil Code 1910, §§ 1165, 1167; Code 1933, §§ 92-8101, 92-8102; Code 1933, § 91A-401, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 3-34; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1243, § 4; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1957, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1875, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1408, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1481, § 2; Ga. L. 2006, p. 770, § 4/SB 585; Ga. L. 2019, p. 271, § 1/SB 216; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 48/SB 429.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, added paragraph (a)(3).
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted “or” following “his or her” in the first sentence of paragraph (a)(3).
Cross references.
Judicial sales generally, § 9-13-140 et seq.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.
Ga. L. 2006, p. 770, § 8/SB 585, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The provisions of this Act shall apply to all executions transferred on or after July 1, 2006. Executions transferred prior to July 1, 2006, shall not be affected by this Act.”
Law reviews.
For annual survey of real property law, see 68 Mercer L. Rev. 231 (2016).
Structure Georgia Code
Title 48 - Revenue and Taxation
Article 1 - Sales Under Tax Executions
§ 48-4-1. Procedures for Sales Under Tax Levies and Executions
§ 48-4-2. Assessment and Disposition of Unreturned Property
§ 48-4-3. Duties of Levying Officers
§ 48-4-4. Purchase by One Obligated to Pay
§ 48-4-6. Validity of Deed Made at Tax Sale
§ 48-4-7. Authority of Levying Officer to Put Purchaser in Possession of Land