§ 9-13-173. Effect of Judicial Sale on Title
A sale regularly made by virtue of judicial process issuing from a court of competent jurisdiction shall convey the title as effectually as if the sale were made by the person against whom the process was issued. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2575; Code 1868, § 2577; Code 1873, § 2619; Code 1882, § 2619; […]
§ 9-13-160. Time of Conducting Public Sale
For the purposes of this Code section, the term “public sale” means any sale, the notice of which must by law in any manner be given to the public. All public sales conducted within this state shall be between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. eastern standard time or eastern daylight time, whichever […]
§ 9-13-161. Where and When Sales Under Execution Held; Change of Place of Public Sales by Court Order
Unless otherwise provided, sales of property taken under execution shall be made by the sheriffs or coroners only at the courthouse of the county where the levy was made on the first Tuesday in each month, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., and at public outcry; provided, however, that, should the first […]
§ 9-13-161.1. Holding of Sales of Personal Property at Place Other Than Courthouse; Advertisement of General Order as to Sale Location
In any county of this state having a population of 600,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future such census, the chief judge of the superior court shall be authorized and empowered to provide, by general order published in the official newspaper of the county and also in […]
§ 9-13-162. Continuance of Sale From Day to Day
Any sheriff, coroner, constable, tax collector, guardian, trustee, or any other officer of this state, when selling property at public sale by virtue of any law of this state, may continue the sale from day to day until the sale is completed, provided that the trustee or other officer has given notice of the intended […]
§ 9-13-163. Sale of Perishable Property — When and by Whom Ordered; Where Held
Whenever any personal property which is of a perishable nature or liable to deteriorate from keeping or the keeping of which is attended by expense is levied on by virtue of any fi. fa., attachment, or other process, and the defendant fails to recover possession of the same and it remains in the hands of […]
§ 9-13-164. Sale of Perishable Property — Advertisement; Notice; Disposition of Proceeds
The time and place of holding a sale under Code Section 9-13-163 shall be advertised at the courthouse and at two other public places at least ten days before the day of sale. The judge or judge of the probate court may order a sale of livestock, fruit, or other personal property in a perishable […]
§ 9-13-126. Amount and Condition of Forthcoming Bond
When an execution is levied on personal property and an affidavit of illegality is filed thereto and the party filing the illegality desires to take or keep possession of the property, he shall deliver to the sheriff or other levying officer a bond payable to the levying officer, with good security in a sum equal […]
§ 9-13-165. Sale of Perishable Property — Under Tax Executions
Whenever a tax fi. fa. is levied on property which is of a perishable nature or is liable to deteriorate in value from keeping or which is attended with expense in keeping, the same may be sold under Code Sections 9-13-163 and 9-13-164. History. Ga. L. 1873, p. 48, § 1; Code 1882, § 3648a; […]
§ 9-13-127. Suspension of Execution; Return of Execution, Affidavit, and Bond; Determination by Court; Issue Tried by Jury
When levy has been made and affidavit and bond delivered to the levying officer, it shall be the duty of the officer to suspend further proceedings on the execution and to return the execution, affidavit, and bond to the next term of the court from which the execution issued. It shall be the duty of […]