Georgia § 41-3-9 - Suspension of abatement order and release of property; effect of release of property.
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§ 41-3-9. Suspension of abatement order and release of property; effect of release of property.
If the owner of the building, structure, or place ordered abated shall appear and pay all costs of the proceedings and file a bond with sureties to be approved by the clerk in the full value of the property, to be ascertained by the court, conditioned that he will immediately abate the nuisance and prevent the same from being established or kept within a period of one year thereafter, the court may, if satisfied of the good faith of the owner, order the building, structure, or place closed under the order of abatement to be delivered to said owner and the order of abatement suspended so far as it may relate to said property. The release of the property under subsection (a) of this Code section shall not release it from any judgment lien, penalty, or liability to which it may be subject by law. (Ga. L. 1917, p. 177, § 7; Code 1933, § 72-311.)
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