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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-49. Right of holder of mortgage to foreclose in equity.

The holder of any mortgage of real or personal property or both, whether as original mortgagee or as executor, administrator, or assignee of the original mortgagee, may foreclose the mortgage in equity according to the practice of the courts in equitable proceedings as well as by the methods prescribed in this chapter.

## History

Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 127, § 1; Code 1882, § 3979a; Civil Code 1895, § 2770; Civil Code 1910, § 3305; Code 1933, § 67-601.

## Law Reviews

For note discussing enforcement of security agreements in equity in light of Article 9, Part 5 of the Uniform Commercial Code, see 3 Ga. L. Rev. 198 (1968).