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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-16-68. Use and title of property purchased at sheriff’s sale.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-16-68. Use and title of property purchased at sheriff’s sale.

The property purchased as provided in Code Section 50-16-64 shall be for the use of the state, and the title thereto shall be made to the Governor and his successors in office and assigns.

## History

Ga. L. 1873, p. 49, § 2; Code 1873, § 65; Code 1882, § 65; Civil Code 1895, § 128; Civil Code 1910, § 151; Code 1933, § 91-502.