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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-262. Grounds for immediate writ of possession.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-262. Grounds for immediate writ of possession.

The petitioner seeking an immediate writ of possession shall allege under oath specific facts sufficient to show that it is within the power of the defendant to conceal, waste, encumber, convert, convey, or remove from the jurisdiction of the court the property which is the subject matter of the petition or that the petitioner’s postjudgment remedy would otherwise be inadequate.

## History

Code 1933, § 67-710, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1213, § 3.