History. Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 580; Code 1863, § 3577; Code 1868, § 3600; Code 1873, § 3650; Code 1882, § 3650; Civil Code 1895, § 5460; Ga. L. 1910, p. 87, § 1; Code 1910, § 6065; Code 1933, §§ 39-1103, 39-1107; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 271, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1248, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1035, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 528, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 6, § 2.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, in subsection (a), punctuation was revised at the end of paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3), “United States” was substituted for “U.S.” in paragraph (a)(3), and “; and” was substituted for a period at the end of subparagraph (a)(4)(C); and a comma was inserted in subsections (d) and (e).
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For note discussing procedures governing execution sales and the application of the proceeds of the sales, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 814 (1978).
For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 13 (1997).