{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-241","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-14-241","heading":"Foreclosure before debt due; affidavit of illegality; bond; trial of issue.","body":"After the levy of the execution on the mortgaged property, the defendant may file his affidavit of illegality, in which affidavit he may avail himself of any defense that he could have set up in an ordinary action upon the demand secured by the mortgage and may show that he is not justly indebted to the plaintiff in the sum claimed in the affidavit of foreclosure. The subsequent proceedings, as to the giving of bond and the trial of the issue made in the case, shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by Code Section 44-14-233.","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":"219f64e7baf93e17f6d0a3d1f9c6abdccc0cad3138cef2a2f09feacbfcfed0da","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-240","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-260"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}