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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-7-76. Bond; determination of amount; effect of approval on alienability of property.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-7-76. Bond; determination of amount; effect of approval on alienability of property.

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.

## 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.