O.C.G.A. § 44-14-163 (2019)
Vacation of certain judgments prior to sale; jurisdiction, power, and authority
When a judgment is rendered upon any obligation secured by a deed to secure debt, a bond for title to realty, or a bill of sale to personalty given under Code Section 44-14-60, the court which rendered the judgment shall have the jurisdiction, power, and authority to vacate and set aside the judgment at any time before the sale of the property described in the deed, bond for title, or bill of sale is made upon the motion of the attorney of the plaintiff in execution and of the attorney of the defendant in execution and the payment of the costs. The jurisdiction, power, and authority to vacate and set aside a judgment as provided in this Code section shall extend to a judgment on a purchasemoney note, a conditional sale contract where a title is reserved as security or a bond for title is given, a judgment and decree foreclosing a mortgage, and all other cases where it is necessary under Code
Section 44-14-210 to reconvey property to the defendant in execution for the purpose of levy and sale.
History
Ga. L. 1927, p. 220, § 1; Code 1933, § 110-801.
Annotations
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Taking note for price as waiver of reservation of title under conditional sale, 13 A.L.R. 1044; 55 A.L.R. 1160. Power of lower court to set aside, on ground of fraud, judgment entered pursuant to mandate of, or affirmed by, review court, 146 A.L.R. 1230. Vacation or setting aside of judgment as
to one or more of multiple parties against whom rendered as requiring its vacation as to all, 42 A.L.R.2d 1030. Consent as ground for vacating judgment, or granting new trial, in civil case, after expiration of term or time prescribed by statute or rules of court, 3 A.L.R.3d 1191.