{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-16-18","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-16-18","heading":"Purchase at own sale not permitted.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 16 Sheriffs","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"cd74c3fcb84e55de67eb18fa50255a2648e957432bb8f4b9f7872953296f9c0b","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-16-17","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-16-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}