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§ 15-318Title 15

Remedies of purchaser upon refusal to deliver possession.

When real property is sold by virtue of an execution, and the judgment debtor or a person claiming under him since the rendition of the judgment is in actual possession of the property and refuses to deliver possession thereof to the purchaser upon demand made therefor, the court, on the application of the purchaser, may: require the person so in possession to show cause why possession should not be delivered according to the demand; and if good cause is not shown, issue a writ of habere facias possessionem, requiring the marshal to put the purchaser in possession.

Annotations

Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 527, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1
July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 553, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 144(7)
1973 Ed., § 15-318.
1981 Ed., § 15-318.
This section is referenced in § 15-301.
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