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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-13-77. Control of execution after payment — By security.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-13-77. Control of execution after payment — By security.

The security paying off an execution shall have control thereof.

## History

Laws 1826, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 593; Code 1863, § 3590; Code 1868, § 3613; Code 1873, § 3663; Code 1882, § 3663; Civil Code 1895, § 5441; Civil Code 1910, § 6046; Code 1933, § 39-607.