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title: O.C.G.A. § 48-4-6. Validity of deed made at tax sale.
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# O.C.G.A. § 48-4-6. Validity of deed made at tax sale.

The deed or bill of sale made by the sheriff to the purchaser at a tax sale shall be just as valid as if made under an ordinary execution issuing from the superior court.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 815; Code 1868, § 895; Code 1873, § 893; Code 1882, § 893; Civil Code 1895, § 913; Civil Code 1910, § 1176; Code 1933, § 92-8107; Code 1933, § 91A-406, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.