If there remain any surplus of the proceeds of the sale, after making all the payments before mentioned, it shall be forthwith paid over to the owner of the property, but such surplus, before it is so paid over, shall be liable to be attached or taken on execution in like manner as if it proceeded from a sale made by the officer on an execution.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-281; 1952 Code Section 45-281; 1942 Code Section 8756; 1932 Code Section 8756; Civ. C. '22 Section 5668; Civ. C. '12 Section 4138; Civ. C. '02 Section 3033; G. S. 2375; R. S. 2490; 1869 (14) 222.