Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 7. LANDLORD AND TENANT · Article 4. DISTRESS WARRANTS

44-7-76. Bond; determination of amount; effect of approval on alienability of property.

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In all cases where the tenant may desire to transfer, remove, or convey any of his property after the service of summons, the tenant shall post bond with good security for a sum equal to the value of the property or the amount of the rent alleged to be due, whichever is less, to be estimated by the judge, for the delivery of the property at the time and place of sale if the property shall be found subject to such rent. Upon the approval of the bond by the judge, the tenant may convey, transfer, or remove his property without restriction.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Laws 1811, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 900; Code 1863, § 5103; Code 1868, § 4012; Code 1873, § 4083; Code 1882, § 4083; Ga. L. 1894, p. 51, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 4819; Civil Code 1910, § 5391; Code 1933, § 61-404; Code 1933, § 61-411, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1514, § 2.

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Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, pages 891 to 892; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.