Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 13. EXEMPTIONS FROM LEVY AND SALE · Article 2. STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS

44-13-108. Levy or sale of exempt property as trespass; cause of action.

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Any officer who knowingly levies on or sells any property of a debtor which is exempt under this article, a schedule of which shall have been returned as required, shall be guilty of a trespass. An action may be brought therefor in the name of the wife or family of the debtor, and the recovery shall be for their exclusive use.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2019; Code 1868, § 2019; Code 1873, § 2046; Code 1882, § 2046; Civil Code 1895, § 2872; Civil Code 1910, § 3422; Code 1933, § 51-1501.

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