Section 5103. Enforcement of judgment or order directing sale of real property  


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  • (a) Entry in county where real property situated.  Where  real
      property  directed  by a judgment or order to be sold is not situated in
      the county in which the judgment or order is entered,  the  judgment  or
      order  shall  also  be  entered  by the clerk of the county in which the
      property is situated upon filing  with  him  a  certified  copy  of  the
      judgment  or order.   A purchaser of the property is not required to pay
      the purchase money or accept a deed until the judgment or  order  is  so
      entered.
        (b)  Place  and  mode  of  sale;  security.  Where a judgment or order
      directs that real property shall be sold,  it  shall  be  sold  in  such
      manner  as  the  judgment  or order may direct in the county where it is
      situated by the sheriff of that county or by a referee appointed by  the
      court  for  the  purpose.  If  the property is situated in more than one
      county, it may be sold in a county in which any part is situated  unless
      the  judgment  or  order directs otherwise. If a referee is appointed to
      sell the property, the court may require him to give an  undertaking  in
      an  amount fixed by it for the proper application of the proceeds of the
      sale. The conveyance shall specify in  the  granting  clause  the  party
      whose right, title or interest is directed to be sold by the judgment or
      order and is being conveyed.