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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="11-502" title_number="11" title_name="Judgments" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Execution">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A sheriff shall give notice of the time, place, and terms of the sale of any property under execution before the property can be sold.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In the case of a sale of an interest in property, the notice shall be posted on the courthouse door or on a bulletin board in the immediate vicinity of the door of the courthouse and printed in a newspaper, published in the county where the property is located at least:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Ten days before the sale of personal property; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>20 days before the sale of real property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the sheriff gives notice by publication in a newspaper, he may recover the costs of publication from the defendant. If the defendant is unable to pay the costs, the sheriff may recover the costs of publication from the plaintiff.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A sheriff’s sale of real property extinguishes any subordinate lien or interest on the land subject to the sale.</text>
  </level>
</section>
