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title: Title 9, Chapter 13. Executions and Judicial Sales
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heading: EXECUTIONS AND JUDICIAL SALES
title_heading: CIVIL PRACTICE
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# Title 9, Chapter 13. Executions and Judicial Sales

Title 9. Civil Practice

99 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 9-13-1, Entry and signing of judgment prerequisite to execution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-1.md
- 9-13-2, Execution suspended by appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-2.md
- 9-13-3, Execution to follow judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-3.md
- 9-13-4, Judge may frame executions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-4.md
- 9-13-5, Amendment of execution — To conform to judgment or time of return, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-5.md
- 9-13-6, Amendment of execution — To conform to amended judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-6.md
- 9-13-7, Amendment of execution — To correct mistake in issuance; alias execution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-7.md
- 9-13-8, Issuance of alias execution to replace lost original, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-8.md
- 9-13-9, When execution returnable, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-9.md
- 9-13-10, Issuance of execution; to whom directed; on what property levied, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-10.md
- 9-13-11, Direction, levy, service, and return of execution when sheriff a party, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-11.md
- 9-13-12, Entry of levy on process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-12.md
- 9-13-13, Written notice of levy on land, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-13.md
- 9-13-14, Bonds taken by executing officers valid; rights of plaintiffs not affected, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-14.md
- 9-13-15, Measure of damages on forthcoming bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-15.md
- 9-13-16, Penalty for fraudulent levy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-16.md
- 9-13-30, Execution against sureties and endorsers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-30.md
- 9-13-31, Execution against principal and his surety on appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-31.md
- 9-13-32, Execution following death of defendant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-32.md
- 9-13-33, Executions using partnership name valid, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-33.md
- 9-13-34, Right to transfer execution; status of transferee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-34.md
- 9-13-35, Effect of transfer by attorney; ratification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-35.md
- 9-13-36, Transfer of execution upon payment; status of transferee; recording necessary to preserve lien; exception for tax executions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-36.md
- 9-13-50, Designation by defendant of property to be levied on; when sheriff bound thereby, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-50.md
- 9-13-51, Sale of property subject to lien; order of application to payment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-51.md
- 9-13-52, When sheriff may levy on and sell land outside county, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-52.md
- 9-13-53, When constable may levy on land; sale by sheriff, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-53.md
- 9-13-54, When growing crop levied on and sold, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-54.md
- 9-13-55, Seizure prerequisite to sale of personalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-55.md
- 9-13-56, Future interests in personalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-56.md
- 9-13-57, Choses in action, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-57.md
- 9-13-58, Corporation’s disclosure of worth of defendant’s shares mandated; refusal treated as contempt, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-58.md
- 9-13-59, What property liable to execution in action against joint contractors or partners when not all served, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-59.md
- 9-13-60, Taking up of debt to give defendant legal title to property; notice of levy and sale; application of proceeds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-60.md
- 9-13-70, Suspension of execution for 60 days pending payment; bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-70.md
- 9-13-71, Sufficient levy on personalty prima-facie satisfaction; effect of dismissal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-71.md
- 9-13-72, Release of property subject to execution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-72.md
- 9-13-73, Application of fund to younger lien with senior lienholder’s consent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-73.md
- 9-13-74, Release by agreement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-74.md
- 9-13-75, Setoff of judgments; collection of balance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-75.md
- 9-13-76, Execution by defendant after setoff, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-76.md
- 9-13-77, Control of execution after payment — By security, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-77.md
- 9-13-78, Control of execution after payment — By joint debtor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-78.md
- 9-13-79, Partial payments to be entered, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-79.md
- 9-13-80, Execution to be canceled when satisfied; private right of action; damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-80.md
- 9-13-90, Claims authorized; to be on oath, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-90.md
- 9-13-91, Bond and security for damages; how damages determined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-91.md
- 9-13-92, Affidavit of indigence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-92.md
- 9-13-93, Postponement of sale, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-93.md
- 9-13-94, Forthcoming bond for possession of property; amount and condition; not authorized for realty; when and where recoverable, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-94.md
- 9-13-95, Execution of affidavit and bond by partner or joint owner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-95.md
- 9-13-96, When plaintiff in execution may give forthcoming bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-96.md
- 9-13-97, Sale of property on claimants’ application; order; advertisement; disposition of proceeds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-97.md
- 9-13-98, When and where claim, levy, and execution to be returned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-98.md
- 9-13-99, Return of claim or illegality against execution from probate court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-99.md
- 9-13-100, Claim to be tried by jury, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-100.md
- 9-13-101, Additional oath of jurors; damages and costs when claim made for delay, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-101.md
- 9-13-102, Burden of proof, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-102.md
- 9-13-103, Withdrawal or discontinuance of claim limited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-103.md
- 9-13-104, Trial of damage issue where claim dismissed or withdrawn, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-104.md
- 9-13-105, How damages assessed, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-105.md
- 9-13-106, Withdrawal of original execution and filing of copy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-106.md
- 9-13-120, Affidavit of illegality — When authorized; bond and security, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-120.md
- 9-13-121, Affidavit of illegality — To show lack of service; not available to go behind judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-121.md
- 9-13-122, Affidavit of illegality — Not available for excessive levy generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-122.md
- 9-13-123, Affidavit of illegality — By whom filed, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-123.md
- 9-13-124, Affidavit of illegality — When received, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-124.md
- 9-13-125, Affidavit of illegality — When and how amendable, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-125.md
- 9-13-126, Amount and condition of forthcoming bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-126.md
- 9-13-127, Suspension of execution; return of execution, affidavit, and bond; determination by court; issue tried by jury, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-127.md
- 9-13-128, Damages for delay; procedure following dismissal or withdrawal of illegality, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-128.md
- 9-13-129, Property subject to other executions; retention of sale proceeds to satisfy first execution; release of bond pro tanto, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-129.md
- 9-13-140, How judicial sales advertised; description of property; advertisement and sale of livestock, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-140.md
- 9-13-141, Timing of advertisements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-141.md
- 9-13-142, Requirements for official organ of publication; designation where no journal or newspaper qualifies; how official organ changed; notice to Secretary of State, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-142.md
- 9-13-143, Rates for legal advertisements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-143.md
- 9-13-144, Alternate advertising when rates not agreed on, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-144.md
- 9-13-145, Advertising costs paid in advance; exception when affidavit of indigence filed, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-145.md
- 9-13-160, Time of conducting public sale, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-160.md
- 9-13-161, Where and when sales under execution held; change of place of public sales by court order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-161.md
- 9-13-161.1, Holding of sales of personal property at place other than courthouse; advertisement of general order as to sale location, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-161.1.md
- 9-13-162, Continuance of sale from day to day, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-162.md
- 9-13-163, Sale of perishable property — When and by whom ordered; where held, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-163.md
- 9-13-164, Sale of perishable property — Advertisement; notice; disposition of proceeds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-164.md
- 9-13-165, Sale of perishable property — Under tax executions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-165.md
- 9-13-166, Form of tender, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-166.md
- 9-13-167, Purchaser to ascertain title and condition; under what conditions officer personally liable, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-167.md
- 9-13-168, Obligations of purchaser, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-168.md
- 9-13-169, Note or memorandum unnecessary, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-169.md
- 9-13-170, Liability for purchase money; officer’s collection options, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-170.md
- 9-13-171, When defendant bound by sale under void process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-171.md
- 9-13-172, When execution sale set aside, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-172.md
- 9-13-172.1, “Eligible sale” defined; recision of sale; damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-172.1.md
- 9-13-173, Effect of judicial sale on title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-173.md
- 9-13-174, When sheriff’s successor empowered to make titles, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-174.md
- 9-13-175, Duty of officer to place purchaser in possession; which persons officer may dispossess, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-175.md
- 9-13-176, How possession obtained after expiration of court term or replacement of officer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-176.md
- 9-13-177, Right to enforce covenants, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-177.md
- 9-13-178, When title deeds prior to purchase must be proved, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-13-178.md