§ 2787. Notice, advertisement, and sale

The officer levying the execution shall give the debtor at least 60 days’ notice of the time and place of sale in writing, served upon him or her, within or outside the State, either (1) by delivery in hand personally or (2) by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, with instructions to deliver to addressee only. The officer shall also cause an advertisement of the time and place of sale to be published three weeks successively next before the time of sale, in one or more newspapers published in the county where the land lies or, if a newspaper is not published therein, in some newspaper published in an adjoining county. Unless the execution with costs and charges thereon, including expense of advertising, is paid, the officer shall proceed with the sale. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 76, eff. March 29, 1972.)