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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-191. Treatment of proceeds of sale when debt due in installments.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-191. Treatment of proceeds of sale when debt due in installments.

If the mortgage is given to secure a debt due by installments and is foreclosed before any one of the installments falls due and there is a surplus of funds as provided in Code Section 44-14-190, the court may retain the funds or order them to be invested to meet the unpaid installments.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3874; Code 1868, § 3894; Code 1873, § 3970; Code 1882, § 3970; Civil Code 1895, § 2752; Civil Code 1910, § 3285; Code 1933, § 67-502.