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title: O.C.G.A. § 48-4-7. Authority of levying officer to put purchaser in possession of land.
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# O.C.G.A. § 48-4-7. Authority of levying officer to put purchaser in possession of land.

The officer selling property at a tax sale shall have the authority to put purchasers in possession of land sold under tax fi. fas., as in other cases.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 816; Code 1868, § 896; Code 1873, § 894; Code 1882, § 894; Civil Code 1895, § 914; Civil Code 1910, § 1177; Code 1933, § 92-8108; Code 1933, § 91A-407, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.