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O.C.G.A. § 14-5-44 — Church edifice liable to sale for debt | Georgia Code

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TITLE 14 CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

Section 5. Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Corporations, 14-5-1 through 14-5-51.

ARTICLE 3 CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED FOR RELIGIOUS, FRATERNAL, OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES

14-5-44. Church edifice liable to sale for debt.

In the absence of other property, where a church congregation has incurred a valid debt the church edifice and site are liable to sale for its payment.

(Civil Code 1895, § 2361; Civil Code 1910, § 2834; Code 1933, § 22-407; Code 1933, § 22-5505, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.)

History of section.

- The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Lyons v. Planters' Loan & Sav. Bank, 86 Ga. 485, 12 S.E. 882 (1890).

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