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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-16-64. Authority for Governor to purchase property at sheriff’s sale under execution in favor of state.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-16-64. Authority for Governor to purchase property at sheriff’s sale under execution in favor of state.

At all sheriff’s sales under any execution in favor of the state or the Governor, the Governor, or anyone authorized by him, may purchase the property so sold, provided that in no case shall more be bid for such property than the amount due the state upon the execution.

## History

Ga. L. 1873, p. 49, § 1; Code 1873, § 64; Code 1882, § 64; Civil Code 1895, § 127; Civil Code 1910, § 150; Code 1933, § 91-501.