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title: O.C.G.A. § 18-3-73. Application of proceeds of sale.
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# O.C.G.A. § 18-3-73. Application of proceeds of sale.

All money raised by the sale of defendant’s property or otherwise, by virtue of this chapter, shall be paid over to the creditors of the defendant, according to the priority of the lien of their judgments, except that as between attaching creditors the attachment first levied shall be first satisfied to the entire exclusion of any attachment of younger levy.

## History

Code 1933, § 8-904, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1578, § 1; Code 1981, § 18-3-73, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1578, § 2.