2021 Georgia Code
Title 15 - Courts
Chapter 16 - Sheriffs
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-16-18. Purchase at Own Sale Not Permitted
No sheriff or deputy or other officer discharging a similar duty shall be permitted to purchase any property whatever at his own sale, either upon his own bid or upon the bid of any other person for him, directly or indirectly. All such sales and deeds in pursuance thereto, intended to vest in such officer the title to the property so purchased, shall be null and void.
(Laws 1850, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 581; Code 1863, § 338; Code 1868, § 399; Code 1873, § 364; Code 1882, § 364; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 472, § 9; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 96, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 4384; Civil Code 1910, § 4918; Code 1933, § 24-2821.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 47 Am. Jur. 2d, Judicial Sales, §§ 90, 91.
C.J.S.- 80 C.J.S., Sheriffs and Constables, § 83.
ALR.
- Steps to be taken by officer before resale upon default of purchaser at judicial or execution sale, 24 A.L.R. 1330.
