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O.C.G.A. § 48-4-7 — Authority of levying officer to put purchaser in possession of land | Georgia Code

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TITLE 48 REVENUE AND TAXATION

Section 4. Tax Sales, 48-4-1 through 48-4-112.

ARTICLE 1 SALES UNDER TAX EXECUTIONS

48-4-7. Authority of levying officer to put purchaser in possession of land.

The officer selling property at a tax sale shall have the authority to put purchasers in possession of land sold under tax fi. fas., as in other cases.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 816; Code 1868, § 896; Code 1873, § 894; Code 1882, § 894; Civil Code 1895, § 914; Civil Code 1910, § 1177; Code 1933, § 92-8108; Code 1933, § 91A-407, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

No right to possession pending redemption.

- Purchaser of land at a tax sale is not entitled to be placed in possession until after the time for redemption has expired. Elrod v. Groves, 116 Ga. 468, 42 S.E. 731 (1902).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 30 Am. Jur. 2d, Executions, § 403 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, State and Local Taxation, § 853.

C.J.S.

- 33 C.J.S., Executions, §§ 496, 497. 85 C.J.S., Taxation, § 1480 et seq.

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