No officer of any city, town, county or constitutional officer or employee of any such city, town, county or constitutional office shall, directly or indirectly, bid on or purchase effects sold under a writ by such officer. Anyone violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Code 1950, § 8-427; 1975, c. 84; 1977, c. 617; 1988, c. 674.