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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-236. Execution and levy; retention by plaintiff; sale.

Whenever a writ of possession is granted pursuant to a petition filed in accordance with Code Section 44-14-231, a levy may be made on the secured property by the sheriff, the deputy, the marshal, the constable, or a duly qualified levying officer of the court pursuant to the writ of possession. At the option of the plaintiff, the sheriff, the deputy, the marshal, the constable, or a duly qualified levying officer of the court shall either surrender the secured property to the plaintiff for retention or disposition in accordance with Article 9 of Title 11 or shall advertise and sell the same as in the case of levy and sale under execution.

## History

Code 1933, § 67-707, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 398, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For article on this part and personal property foreclosures, see 11 Ga. St. B. J. 230 (1975).