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Chapter 4 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax sales, is amended by striking Code Section 48-4-1, relating to procedures for sales under tax levies and executions, and inserting in its place a new Code Section 48-4-1 to read as follows:
“48-4-1.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, when a levy is made upon real or personal property, the property shall be advertised and sold in the same manner as provided for executions and judicial sales. Except as otherwise provided in this title, the sale of real or personal property under a tax execution shall be made in the same manner as provided for judicial sales; provided, however, that in addition to such other notice as may be required by law, in any sale under a tax execution made pursuant to this chapter, the defendant shall be given ten days´ written notice of such sale by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery. The notice required by this Code section shall be sent:
(1) In cases of executions issued by a county officer for ad valorem taxes, to the defendant´s last known address as listed in the records of the tax commissioner of the county that issued the tax execution; or
(2) In cases of executions issued by a state officer, to the defendant´s last known address as listed in the records of the department headed by the issuing officer.
(b) If two or more executions have been levied against a defendant, or if two or more in rem executions have been levied against the same unreturned property, such executions may be aggregated and a single sale may be conducted for the total amount due, as in the case of a single execution.
(c) In advertisements for sales under tax executions, the property being sold may alternatively be described by tax parcel identification number and current street address, if any, together with a reference to the recording information for any deed conveying title to such property, without the necessity of using a full and complete description of the property.”