{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-13-53","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 9-13-53","heading":"When constable may levy on land; sale by sheriff.","body":"No constable, except as provided by this Code, shall be authorized to levy on any real estate unless there is no personal property to be found sufficient to satisfy the debt or unless the real estate, being in the possession of the defendant, was pointed out by the defendant. In such event the constable is authorized to levy on such real estate, if in his county, and to deliver over the execution to the sheriff of the county a return of the property levied upon; and the sheriff shall proceed to advertise and sell the same as in case of levies made by himself.","path":["TITLE 9 Civil Practice","CHAPTER 13 Executions and Judicial Sales","Article 3 Property Against Which Execution Levied"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.09.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":"5be59271819eaa3ef2b7fc5c6693a7c05c3fc2da50cf75b4bf0121870ef6e73a","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-13-52","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-13-54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}