No sheriff shall become the purchaser, nor procure any person to become the purchaser for him or her, of any property, real or personal, by him or her exposed to sale by virtue of any execution or other process; and all such purchases made by any sheriff, or any person in the sheriff’s behalf, shall be absolutely null and void.
[13:38:1861; B § 2964; BH § 2131; C § 2252; RL § 1655; NCL § 2156]