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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-126. Debt due in installments; treatment of surplus.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-126. Debt due in installments; treatment of surplus.

If the deed is given to secure debts due by installments and is enforced before any one of the installments falls due and there is a surplus of funds as stated in Code Section 44-14-125, the court may retain the funds or order them to be invested to meet the unpaid installments.

## History

Ga. L. 1896, p. 76, § 7; Civil Code 1910, § 3317; Code 1933, § 67-1207.