If a sheriff fails to make titles to a purchaser, his successor in office may make them in the same manner as if he had sold the property.
History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 576; Code 1863, § 2583; Code 1868, § 2585; Code 1873, § 2627; Code 1882, § 2627; Civil Code 1895, § 5453; Civil Code 1910, § 6058; Code 1933, § 39-1304.
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