O.C.G.A. § 20-2-540 (2019)
Exemption of school property from levy and sale
Each and every lot or parcel of land which has been or may hereafter be obtained by any county board of education or independent school district, together with any buildings erected thereon for school purposes and all school furniture, shall be exempt from levy and sale under any execution or other writ or order in the nature of an execution, provided that the lot of land so exempted shall not exceed ten acres; and if there is any excess over that number of acres, then that portion not to exceed ten acres most convenient for school purposes shall be exempt as provided in this Code section, the exempted portion to be set off by order of the county board or the boards of trustees of the independent school system.
History
Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 116; Ga. L. 1926, Ex. Sess., p. 17, § 1; Code 1933, § 32-943; Ga. L. 1946, p. 206, § 7; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 20.
Annotations
Cross references. Execution and judicial sales generally, T. 9, C. 13.
PART 3 GEORGIA EDUCATION AUTHORITY (SCHOOLS) Law reviews. For article, “School Systems, Segregation and the Supreme Court,” see 6 Mercer L. Rev. 189 (1955).
For article, “Public Authorities: Legislative Panacea?,” see 5 J. of Pub. L. 387 (1956).
T.20, C.2, A.11, P.3 ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUC.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Not policy of authority to join in city annexation application. - It is not the policy of the authority to join in an application for annexation of state-owned property to a city. 1968 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 68-229. Municipalities or counties cannot require building fees for construction on authority property. - Building permit fees may not be legally required by municipalities or counties of contractors on buildings being constructed for the authority on authority property. 1963-65 Ga. Op. Att’y Gen. 493. Authority does not directly super-
vise construction projects of less than $200,000.00. - When allotted funds from the State Board of Education for school construction result in construction projects of less than $200,000.00, the authority does not directly supervise construction but requires the local school system to construct the project itself and then be reimbursed by the authority; this procedure often makes it necessary for the local school system to borrow a substantial part of the construction costs for a period of nine months to a year; such borrowing is within the legal power of local school systems. 1968 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 68-18.
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 30 Am. Jur. 2d, Executions and Enforcement of Judgments, §§ 167, 168.
C.J.S. 33 C.J.S., Executions, § 42.