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Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 48 - Revenue and Taxation » Chapter 4 - Tax Sales » Article 1 - Sales Under Tax Executions

§ 48-4-1. Procedures for Sales Under Tax Levies and Executions

Except as otherwise provided in this title, when a levy is made upon real or personal property, the property shall be advertised and sold in the same manner as provided for executions and judicial sales. Except as otherwise provided in this title, the sale of real or personal property under a tax execution shall be […]

§ 48-4-2. Assessment and Disposition of Unreturned Property

When property which has not actually been returned by anyone is assessed for taxes, the tax collector or tax commissioner shall issue an execution against the property as soon as it is assessed for the amount due and costs. The sheriff shall advertise the property for sale in the newspaper in which sheriff’s sales are […]

§ 48-4-3. Duties of Levying Officers

The tax collector or tax commissioner may place his executions in the hands of any constable of the county, who shall be authorized to collect or levy the executions in any part of the county. The constable or other levying officer to whom the tax collector or tax commissioner delivers the tax executions for collection […]

§ 48-4-4. Purchase by One Obligated to Pay

One who is obligated to pay a tax on property cannot strengthen his title by purchasing the property at a tax sale. Each such purchase shall be treated as payment for the tax due. History. Civil Code 1895, § 904; Civil Code 1910, § 1164; Code 1933, § 92-8105; Code 1933, § 91A-404, enacted by […]

§ 48-4-5. Payment of Excess

If there are any excess funds after paying taxes, costs, and all expenses of a sale made by the tax commissioner, tax collector, or sheriff, or other officer holding excess funds, the officer selling the property shall give written notice of such excess funds to the record owner of the property at the time of […]

§ 48-4-6. Validity of Deed Made at Tax Sale

The deed or bill of sale made by the sheriff to the purchaser at a tax sale shall be just as valid as if made under an ordinary execution issuing from the superior court. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 815; Code 1868, § 895; Code 1873, § 893; Code 1882, § 893; Civil Code 1895, […]