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title: O.C.G.A. § 48-4-21. Right of redemption; disposition of unredeemed property by county governing authority.
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# O.C.G.A. § 48-4-21. Right of redemption; disposition of unredeemed property by county governing authority.

(a) When real property sold under and by virtue of tax executions is successfully bid on by the governing authority of a county, the owner of such property shall have the privilege of redeeming it as in other cases.

(b) The governing authority of the county may dispose of real property purchased under a tax execution, and remaining unredeemed, as provided in this title.

## History

Ga. L. 1892, p. 252, §§ 2, 3; Civil Code 1895, §§ 916, 917; Civil Code 1910, §§ 1179, 1180; Code 1933, §§ 92-8202, 92-8203; Code 1933, §§ 91A-421, 91A422, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.