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# O.C.G.A. § 48-3-10. Form of notice.

The form of the notice required by Code Section 48-3-9 to be given by the sheriff to the record owner of the property and the owner of each security deed or mortgage complying with Code Section 48-3-9 shall be in substance as follows:

DELINQUENT TAXES

Sheriff ’s Notice to Owner of Warranty Deed,

Security Deed, or Mortgage

Notice is hereby given to as the owner of a certain , recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court in book at page of the County of , State of Georgia, that there are now due and unpaid taxes for the year

amounting to $ with accrued cost of $ for which a tax execution has been issued and levy has been made upon the following described land owned by and embraced within and that the property will be advertised for sale unless the taxes are paid within 20 days from the delivery of this notice as provided by law.

(Description of land levied upon.)

Sheriff Address Date

## History

Ga. L. 1925, p. 252, § 2; Code 1933, § 92-7409; Code 1933, § 91A-313, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1184, § 2.