History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 509; Laws 1821, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 511; Code 1863, § 3575; Code 1868, § 3598; Ga. L. 1871-72, p. 49, § 1; Code 1873, § 3646; Code 1882, § 3646; Civil Code 1895, § 5455; Civil Code 1910, § 6060; Code 1933, § 39-1201; Ga. L. 1956, p. 701, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1731, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 9.
Law reviews.
For article, “Buying Distressed Commercial Real Estate: What are the Alternatives?,” see 16 (No. 4) Ga. St. B.J. 18 (2010).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 13 - Executions and Judicial Sales
§ 9-13-160. Time of Conducting Public Sale
§ 9-13-162. Continuance of Sale From Day to Day
§ 9-13-163. Sale of Perishable Property — When and by Whom Ordered; Where Held
§ 9-13-164. Sale of Perishable Property — Advertisement; Notice; Disposition of Proceeds
§ 9-13-165. Sale of Perishable Property — Under Tax Executions
§ 9-13-168. Obligations of Purchaser
§ 9-13-169. Note or Memorandum Unnecessary
§ 9-13-170. Liability for Purchase Money; Officer’s Collection Options
§ 9-13-171. When Defendant Bound by Sale Under Void Process
§ 9-13-172. When Execution Sale Set Aside
§ 9-13-172.1. “Eligible Sale” Defined; Recision of Sale; Damages
§ 9-13-173. Effect of Judicial Sale on Title
§ 9-13-174. When Sheriff’s Successor Empowered to Make Titles
§ 9-13-175. Duty of Officer to Place Purchaser in Possession; Which Persons Officer May Dispossess
§ 9-13-176. How Possession Obtained After Expiration of Court Term or Replacement of Officer
§ 9-13-177. Right to Enforce Covenants
§ 9-13-178. When Title Deeds Prior to Purchase Must Be Proved