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    (a) The following shall be substantially the form of the deed to be given whenever real estate is levied upon and sold as provided in this chapter:

   TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE

   PRESENTS SHALL COME. send Greeting:   

   Whereas an execution against          at the suit of          was by me the said          on the          day of          levied on (here describe the premises); and whereas on the          day of          all the estate, right, title, interest, and property of the said          in the premises aforesaid, were by me, the said          sold at public auction, for the satisfaction of the said execution, to          , who was the highest bidder, for the sum of          which the said          hath since well and truly paid to me the said          : NOW KNOW YE, that by force and virtue of the law in such case made and provided, I, the said          in consideration of the sum of money paid unto me as aforesaid, do by these presents bargain, sell, assign, and set over unto the said          heirs and assigns forever, all the estate, right, title, interest, property, freehold, and inheritance of the said          of, in and to the said premises and appurtenances at the time of the levy thereon. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said premises and appurtenances to the said          heirs and assigns forever. IN WITNESS, &C.

   (b) And there shall be annexed to the deed, and forming a part thereof, a copy of the execution and the officer's return thereon, duly certified by the officer.