Georgia Code
Article 3 - Property Against Which Execution Levied
§ 9-13-52. When Sheriff May Levy on and Sell Land Outside County

A sheriff or other levying officer shall not sell land outside the county in which he is sheriff or such officer except when the defendant in execution owns a tract or tracts of land divided by the line of the county of his residence, in which case the land may be sold in the county of his residence; if such tract of land is in a county other than that of the defendant’s residence, it may be levied on and sold in either county.
History. Laws 1808, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 509; Laws 1847, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 516; Code 1863, § 3573; Code 1868, § 3596; Code 1873, § 3644; Code 1882, § 3644; Civil Code 1895, § 5428; Civil Code 1910, § 6033; Code 1933, § 39-122.