58-213. Proceeds of sale. The proceeds of such sale, after the payment of charges and the expenses of publication and sale, shall, if the owner be absent, be deposited with the treasurer of the county where the sale takes place by the person making such sale, he or she taking the treasurer's receipt therefor, and shall be subject to the order of the person legally entitled thereto.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 58, § 8; L. 1872, ch. 142, § 8; March 21; R.S. 1923, 58-213.