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title: O.C.G.A. § 18-3-53. Proceedings upon failure of claimant to deliver property pursuant to conditions of bond.
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# O.C.G.A. § 18-3-53. Proceedings upon failure of claimant to deliver property pursuant to conditions of bond.

Upon the failure of the claimant to deliver the property according to the conditions of the bond, the levying officer may immediately sue the claimant and security upon the bond and recover the full value of the property claimed and also all damages, costs, and charges that the plaintiff may have sustained in consequence of the failure of the claimant to deliver the property.

## History

Laws 1836, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 84; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 25, § 37; Code 1863, § 3238; Code 1868, § 3249; Code 1873, § 3325; Code 1882, § 3325; Civil Code 1895, § 4572; Civil Code 1910, § 5118; Code 1933, § 8-804.