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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-13-173. Effect of judicial sale on title.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-13-173. Effect of judicial sale on title.

A sale regularly made by virtue of judicial process issuing from a court of competent jurisdiction shall convey the title as effectually as if the sale were made by the person against whom the process was issued.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2575; Code 1868, § 2577; Code 1873, § 2619; Code 1882, § 2619; Civil Code 1895, § 5446; Civil Code 1910, § 6051; Code 1933, § 39-1303.