Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 182 - Judicial sales; advertisement; street address of property

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1. Mueller  152nd         2. Randall  127th          3. Smith  174th
4. Bostick  165th         5. Hembree  98th           6. Roberts  162nd


House Comm: Judy       /                Senate Comm: SJudy      /               
House Vote: Yeas 108   Nays 1           Senate Vote: Yeas 47  Nays 0            
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               House          Action         Senate                             
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              1/12/95  Read 1st Time         2/1/95                             
              1/13/95  Read 2nd Time         2/16/95                            
              1/26/95  Favorably Reported    2/15/95                            
              Sub      Committee Amend/Sub   Sub                                
              1/31/95  Read 3rd Time         3/10/95                            
              1/31/95  Passed/Adopted        3/10/95                            
              CS       Comm/Floor Amend/Sub  CS                                 
              3/14/95  Amend/Sub Agreed To                                      
              3/29/95  Sent to Governor                                         
              4/19/95  Signed by Governor                                       
              422      Act/Veto Number                                          
              7/1/96   Effective Date                                           
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Code Sections amended: 9-13-140                                                 


HB 182                                             HB 182/AP

      H. B. No. 182 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
      By:  Representatives Mueller of the 152nd, Randall of the
      127th, Smith of the 174th, Bostick of the 165th, Hembree of
      the 98th and others

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 9-13-140 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to advertisement of judicial
  1- 3  sales, so as to require that the street address of real
  1- 4  property be included in such advertisement; to provide an
  1- 5  effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
  1- 6  purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Code Section 9-13-140 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to advertisement of judicial sales, is
  1-10  amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting in its
  1-11  place a new subsection (a) to read as follows:

  1-12    "(a) The sheriff, coroner, or other officer shall publish
  1-13    weekly for four weeks in some newspaper published at the
  1-14    county site, and if there is no newspaper published at the
  1-15    county site, then in any paper published in the county, or
  1-16    if there is no such paper published in the county, then in
  1-17    the nearest newspaper having the largest general
  1-18    circulation in such county, notice of all sales of land
  1-19    and other property executed by him the officer. In the
  1-20    advertisement he the officer shall give a full and
  1-21    complete description of the property to be sold, making
  1-22    known the names of the plaintiff, the defendant, and any
  1-23    person who may be in the possession of the property.  In
  1-24    addition, in the case of real property, such advertisement
  1-25    shall include the street address of such real property."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-26  This Act shall become effective July 1, 1996.

                         SECTION 3.

  1-27  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-28  repealed.



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