Section 57-10-10 - Applicability of Distress Sales ActA. The Distress Sales Act shall not apply to any sale conducted by a public officer as a part of his official duties, to any sale for which an accounting must be made to a court of law or to any sale conducted pursuant to an order of a court of law.B. The Distress Sales Act does not apply to seasonal sales, clearance sales or similar special sales of nondistress merchandise.1953 Comp., § 49-14-10, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 205, § 10.