{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-238","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-14-238","heading":"Foreclosure when debts due in installments; treatment of surplus.","body":"If a mortgage on personalty is given to secure several debts falling due at different times, the mortgagee may foreclose when the first debt becomes due; and the court will control the surplus so as to protect the lien created for the debts not due.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 14 Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens","Article 7 Foreclosure","PART 4 Foreclosures on Personalty","Subpart 1 In General"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.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":"ee06dfe610b088710f2dc9c7893b80d609207c01460c98a2f6ebe4af8872767b","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-237","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-239"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}