If the purchaser of real estate at sheriff’s and other sales under execution fails to make application for possession thereof until the next term of the superior court after the sale has taken place or until the officer making the sale has gone out of office, the possession may be obtained only under an order of the superior court.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3579; Code 1868, § 3602; Code 1873, § 3652; Code 1882, § 3652; Civil Code 1895, § 5469; Civil Code 1910, § 6074; Code 1933, § 39-1313.
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