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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE ACT (§§ 9-11-1 — 9-11-133) › Article 10 - FORMS (§§ 9-11-100 — 9-11-133) › Section 9-11-123 - Form of motion to intervene as a defendant under Code Section 9-11-24

IN THE __________________ COURT OF __________________ COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
A.B.,
)
Plaintiff
)
v.
)
Civil action
C.D.,
)
File no.__________________
Defendant
)
E.F.,
)
Applicant for Intervention
)
MOTION TO INTERVENE AS A DEFENDANT
E.F. moves for leave to intervene as a defendant in this action, in order to assert the defenses set forth in his proposed answer, of which a copy is hereto attached, on the ground that __________________
__________________
Attorney for E.F., applicant
for intervention
__________________
Address
NOTICE OF MOTION
(Contents the same as in Code Section
9-11-119
)
__________________
IN THE __________________ COURT OF __________________ COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA
A.B.,
)
Plaintiff
)
v.
)
Civil action
C.D.,
)
File no.__________________
Defendant
)
E.F.,
)
Intervenor
)
INTERVENOR'S ANSWER
First Defense
Intervenor admits the allegations stated in paragraphs 1 and 4 of the complaint, denies the allegations in paragraph 3, and denies the allegations in paragraph 2 insofar as they assert the __________________.
Second Defense
(Set forth defenses)
__________________
Attorney for C.D.,
for E.F., intervenor
__________________
Address
(Like form if intervention is as plaintiff ).
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE ACT (§§ 9-11-1 — 9-11-133) › Article 10 - FORMS (§§ 9-11-100 — 9-11-133) › Section 9-11-124 - Form of motion for production of documents under Code Section 9-11-34

IN THE __________________ COURT OF __________________ COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
A.B.,
)
Plaintiff
)
)
v.
)
Civil action
)
File no.__________________
C.D.,
)
Defendant
)
MOTION FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
Plaintiff A.B. moves the court for an order requiring defendant C.D.:
1.
To produce and to permit plaintiff to inspect and to copy each of the following documents: (Here list the documents and describe each of them).
2.
To produce and to permit plaintiff to inspect and to photograph each of the following objects: (Here list the objects and describe each of them).
3.
To permit plaintiff to enter (here describe property to be entered) and to inspect and to photograph (here describe the portion of the real property and the objects to be inspected and photographed).
Defendant C.D. has the possession, custody, or control of each of the foregoing documents and objects and of the above-mentioned real estate. Each of them constitutes or contains evidence relevant and material to a matter involved in this action, as is more fully shown in Exhibit A hereto attached.
__________________
Attorney for plaintiff
__________________
Address
NOTICE OF MOTION
(Contents the same as in Code Section
9-11-119
)
EXHIBIT A
AFFIDAVIT
State of __________________,
County of __________________
A.B., being first duly sworn says:
1.
(Here set forth all that plaintiff knows which shows that defendant has the papers or objects in his possession or control.)
2.
(Here set forth all that plaintiff knows which shows that each of the above-mentioned items is relevant to some issue in the action.)
Sworn to and subscribed
__________________
before me this __________________
A.B.
day of __________________, __________________.
__________________
Address
(Like form if intervention is as plaintiff ).
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 9,§ 9, eff. 3/13/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE ACT (§§ 9-11-1 — 9-11-133) › Article 10 - FORMS (§§ 9-11-100 — 9-11-133) › Section 9-11-125 - Form of request for admission under Code Section 9-11-36

IN THE __________________ COURT OF __________________ COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
A.B.,
)
Plaintiff
)
)
v.
)
Civil action
)
File no.__________________
C.D.,
)
Defendant
)
REQUEST FOR ADMISSION OF FACTS AND GENUINENESS OF DOCUMENTS
Plaintiff A.B. requests defendant C.D. within __________________days after service of this request to make the following admissions for the purpose of this action only and subject to all pertinent objections to admissibility which may be interposed at the trial:
1.
That each of the following documents exhibited with this request is genuine: (Here list the documents and describe each document).
2.
That each of the following statements is true: (Here list the statements).
__________________
Attorney for plaintiff
__________________
Address
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE ACT (§§ 9-11-1 — 9-11-133) › Article 10 - FORMS (§§ 9-11-100 — 9-11-133) › Section 9-11-131 - Form of judgment on jury verdict

IN THE __________________ COURT OF __________________ COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
A.B.,
)
Plaintiff
)
)
v.
)
Civil action
)
File no.__________________
C.D.,
)
Defendant
)
JUDGMENT
This action came on for trial before the court and a jury, Honorable John Marshall, presiding, and the issue having been duly tried and the jury having duly rendered its verdict,
It Is Ordered and Adjudged
(That the plaintiff A.B. recover of the defendant C.D. the sum of $ __________________, with interest thereon at the rate of __________________ percent as provided by law, and his costs of action.)
or
(That the plaintiff take nothing, that the action be dismissed on the merits, and that the defendant C.D. recover of the plaintiff A.B. his costs of action.)
Dated at __________________, Georgia, this __________________ day of __________________, __________________.
__________________
Judge
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE ACT (§§ 9-11-1 — 9-11-133) › Article 10 - FORMS (§§ 9-11-100 — 9-11-133) › Section 9-11-132 - Form of judgment on decision by the court

IN THE __________________ COURT OF __________________ COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
A.B.,
)
Plaintiff
)
)
v.
)
Civil action
)
File no.__________________
C.D.,
)
Defendant
)
JUDGMENT
This action came on for (trial) (hearing) before the court, Honorable John Marshall, presiding, and the issues having been duly (tried) (heard) and a decision having been duly rendered,
It Is Ordered and Adjudged
(That the plaintiff A.B. recover of the defendant C.D. the sum of $ __________________, with interest thereon at the rate of __________________ percent as provided by law, and his costs of action.)
or
(That the plaintiff take nothing, that the action be dismissed on the merits, and that the defendant C.D. recover of the plaintiff A.B. his costs of action.)
Dated at __________________, Georgia, this __________________ day of __________________, __________________.
__________________
Judge
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE ACT (§§ 9-11-1 — 9-11-133) › Article 10 - FORMS (§§ 9-11-100 — 9-11-133) › Section 9-11-133 - Forms meeting requirements for civil case filing and disposition information

The Judicial Council of Georgia, with the approval of the Supreme Court, shall promulgate forms to be used for civil case filing and disposition information; provided, however, that the general civil case filing information form and domestic relations case filing information form shall be required to contain an acknowledgment by the filer that the complaint and any exhibits or other attachments satisfy the redaction requirements of Code Section
9-11-7.1
.
Amended by 2017 Ga. Laws 240,§ 1-1, eff. 1/1/2018.
Amended by 2014 Ga. Laws 586,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2014.
Amended by 2013 Ga. Laws 33,§ 9, eff. 4/24/2013.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 624,§ 9, eff. 6/3/2010.
Amended by 2007 Ga. Laws 264,§ 4, eff. 1/1/2008.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-1 - What verdict to cover

The verdict shall cover the issues made by the pleadings and shall be for the plaintiff or for the defendant.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-2 - Instructions on form of verdict

In the trial of all civil cases, the judge upon request of the jury shall furnish the jury with written instructions as to the form of their verdict.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-3 - How verdict received

Verdicts shall be received only in open court in the absence of agreement of the parties.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-4 - Construction of verdicts

Verdicts shall have a reasonable intendment and shall receive a reasonable construction. They shall not be avoided unless from necessity.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-5 - Verdict may be molded

In a proper case, the superior court may mold the verdict so as to do full justice to the parties in the same manner as a decree in equity.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-6 - Amendment of verdict - To conform to pleadings

A verdict may be so amended as to make it conform to the pleadings if the error plainly appears upon the face of the record.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-7 - Amendment of verdict - After dispersal of jury

A verdict may be amended in mere matter of form after the jury has dispersed. However, after a verdict has been received and recorded and the jury has dispersed, it may not be amended in matter of substance either by what the jurors say they intended to find or otherwise.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-8 - Amendment of verdict - When part illegal

If a part of a verdict is legal and a part illegal, the court will construe the verdict and order it amended by entering a remittitur as to that part which is illegal and giving judgment for the balance.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-9 - Judgment to conform to verdict

Judgment and execution shall conform to the verdict.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-10 - Judgment for principal and interest

In all cases where judgment is obtained, the judgment shall be entered for the principal sum due, with interest, provided the claim upon which it was obtained draws interest. No part of the judgment shall bear interest except the principal which is due on the original debt.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-11 - Sureties and endorsers to be identified in judgment

In all judgments against sureties or endorsers on any draft, promissory note, or other instrument in writing, the plaintiff or his attorney shall designate and identify the relation of the parties under the contract on which the judgment is rendered.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-12 - Judgment for costs against fiduciary

When the verdict of a jury is against an executor, administrator, or other trustee in his representative character, a judgment for costs shall be entered against him in the same character.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-13 - Amount of judgment on bond

All judgments entered against the obligors on any bond, whether official or voluntary, shall be for the amount of damages found by the verdict of the jury and not for the penalty thereof.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-14 - Amendment of judgment to conform to verdict

A judgment may be amended by order of the court to conform to the verdict upon which it is predicated, even after an execution issues.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-15 - Judgment aided by verdict or amendable not set aside

A judgment may not be set aside for any defect in the pleadings or the record that is aided by verdict or amendable as a matter of form.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-16 - Validity of judgment when court does not have jurisdiction

The judgment of a court having no jurisdiction of the person or the subject matter or which is void for any other cause is a mere nullity and may be so held in any court when it becomes material to the interest of the parties to consider it.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-17 - When creditors or purchasers may attack judgment

Creditors or bona fide purchasers may attack a judgment for any defect appearing on the face of the record or the pleadings or for fraud or collusion, whenever and wherever it interferes with their rights, either at law or in equity.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-18 - Right to confess judgment and appeal; where and when entered

(a)
Either party has a right to confess judgment without the consent of his adversary and to appeal from such confession without reserving the right to do so in cases where an appeal is allowed by law.
(b)
No confession of judgment shall be entered except in the county where the defendant resided at the commencement of the action unless expressly provided for by law. The action must have been regularly filed and docketed as in other cases. However, a judge of a superior court or a magistrate may confess judgment in his own court.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-19 - Judgment suspended by appeal

Where a judgment is entered and, within the time allowed for entering an appeal, an appeal is entered, the judgment shall be suspended.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-20 - Judgment when security given on appeal

In all cases of appeal where security has been given, the plaintiff or his attorney may enter judgment against the principal and his surety jointly and severally.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-21 - Judgments transferable; status of transferee

A person in whose favor a judgment has been entered or a person to whom a judgment has been transferred may bona fide and for a valuable consideration transfer any judgment to a third person. In all such cases the transferee of any judgment shall have the same rights and shall be subject to the same equities and to the same defenses as was the original holder of the judgment.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-22 - Effect of transfer by attorney; ratification

The transfer of a judgment by the attorney of record of the person in whose favor the judgment was entered shall be good to pass the title thereto as against every person except the person in whose favor judgment was entered or his assignee without notice. Ratification by the plaintiff shall estop him also from denying the transfer. Receipt of the money from the transfer shall be such a ratification.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-23) › Section 9-12-23 - Effect of consent judgment

The consent of the parties to a judgment has the effect of removing any issuable defenses previously filed. After such a consent the court may render judgment without the verdict of a jury.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 2 - EFFECT OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-40 — 9-12-43) › Section 9-12-40 - Judgment conclusive between which persons and on what issues

A judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction shall be conclusive between the same parties and their privies as to all matters put in issue or which under the rules of law might have been put in issue in the cause wherein the judgment was rendered until the judgment is reversed or set aside.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 2 - EFFECT OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-40 — 9-12-43) › Section 9-12-41 - Effect of judgment in rem

A judgment in rem is conclusive upon everyone.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 2 - EFFECT OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-40 — 9-12-43) › Section 9-12-42 - Judgment no bar absent decision on merits

Where the merits were not and could not have been in question, a former recovery on purely technical grounds shall not be a bar to a subsequent action brought so as to avoid the objection fatal to the first. For a former judgment to be a bar to subsequent action, the merits of the case must have been adjudicated.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 2 - EFFECT OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-40 — 9-12-43) › Section 9-12-43 - Parol evidence admissible

Parol evidence shall be admissible to show that a matter apparently covered by a judgment was not really passed upon by the court.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 3 - DORMANCY AND REVIVAL OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-60 — 9-12-68) › Section 9-12-60 - When judgment becomes dormant; how dormancy prevented; docketing; applicability

(a)
A judgment shall become dormant and shall not be enforced:
(1)
When seven years shall elapse after the rendition of the judgment before execution is issued thereon and is entered on the general execution docket of the county in which the judgment was rendered;
(2)
Unless entry is made on the execution by an officer authorized to levy and return the same and the entry and the date thereof are entered by the clerk on the general execution docket within seven years after issuance of the execution and its record; or
(3)
Unless a bona fide public effort on the part of the plaintiff in execution to enforce the execution in the courts is made and due written notice of such effort specifying the time of the institution of the action or proceedings, the nature thereof, the names of the parties thereto, and the name of the court in which it is pending is filed by the plaintiff in execution or his attorney at law with the clerk and is entered by the clerk on the general execution docket, all at such times and periods that seven years will not elapse between such entries of such notices or between such an entry and a proper entry made as prescribed in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(b)
The record of the execution made as prescribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Code section or of every entry as prescribed in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of this Code section shall institute a new seven-year period within which the judgment shall not become dormant, provided that when an entry on the execution or a written notice of public effort is filed for record, the execution shall be recorded or rerecorded on the general execution docket with all entries thereon. It shall not be necessary in order to prevent dormancy that such execution be entered or such entry be recorded on any other docket.
(c)
When an entry on an execution or a written notice of public effort is filed for record and the original execution is recorded in a general execution docket other than the current general execution docket, the original execution shall be rerecorded in the current general execution docket with all entries thereon. When an original execution is so rerecorded, a notation shall be made upon the original execution which states that it has been rerecorded and gives the book and page number where the execution has been rerecorded. When an original execution is so rerecorded in the current general execution docket, it shall be indexed in the current general execution docket in the same manner as if it were an original execution. Nothing in this subsection shall affect the priority of any judgment or lien; and no judgment or lien shall lose any priority because an execution is rerecorded.
(d)
The provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to judgments or orders for child support or spousal support.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 3 - DORMANCY AND REVIVAL OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-60 — 9-12-68) › Section 9-12-61 - Dormant judgments renewed by action or scire facias; time of renewal

When any judgment obtained in any court becomes dormant, the same may be renewed or revived by an action or by scire facias, at the option of the holder of the judgment, within three years from the time it becomes dormant.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 3 - DORMANCY AND REVIVAL OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-60 — 9-12-68) › Section 9-12-62 - Nature of scire facias

Scire facias to revive a judgment is not an original action but is the continuation of the action in which the judgment was obtained.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 3 - DORMANCY AND REVIVAL OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-60 — 9-12-68) › Section 9-12-63 - Issuance of scire facias; copies; service; return

A scire facias to revive a dormant judgment in the courts must issue from and be returnable to the court of the county in which the judgment was obtained. It shall be directed to all and singular the sheriffs of this state and shall be signed by the clerk of such court who shall make out copies thereof. An original and a copy shall issue for each county in which any party to be notified resides. A copy shall be served by the sheriff of the county in which the party to be notified resides 20 days before the sitting of the court to which the scire facias is made returnable and the original shall be returned to the clerk of the court from which it issued.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 3 - DORMANCY AND REVIVAL OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-60 — 9-12-68) › Section 9-12-64 - Revival on motion after service of scire facias; when defendant entitled to jury trial

In all cases of scire facias to revive a judgment, when service has been perfected, the judgment may be revived on motion at the first term without the intervention of a jury unless the person against whom judgment was entered files an issuable defense under oath, in which case the defendant in judgment shall be entitled to a trial by jury as in other cases.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 3 - DORMANCY AND REVIVAL OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-60 — 9-12-68) › Section 9-12-65 - Scire facias when judgment transferred

When a judgment has been transferred, the scire facias shall issue in the name of the original holder of the judgment for the use of the transferee.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 3 - DORMANCY AND REVIVAL OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-60 — 9-12-68) › Section 9-12-66 - Venue of action to renew judgment

An action to renew a dormant judgment shall be brought in the county where the defendant in judgment resides at the commencement of the action.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 3 - DORMANCY AND REVIVAL OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-60 — 9-12-68) › Section 9-12-67 - Revival of judgment against nonresident; service by publication

If the defendant in judgment or other party to be notified resides outside this state, a dormant judgment may be revived against such defendant or his representative by such process as is issued in cases in which the defendant resides in this state, provided that the defendant in judgment or other party to be notified shall be served with scire facias by publication in the newspaper in which the official advertisements of the county are published, twice a month for two months previous to the term of the court at which it is intended to revive the judgment, which service shall be as effectual in all cases as if the defendant or person to be notified had been personally served.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 3 - DORMANCY AND REVIVAL OF JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-60 — 9-12-68) › Section 9-12-68 - Revival of dormant decrees for payment of money

Decrees for the payment of money shall become dormant like other judgments when not enforced and may be revived as provided by law for other judgments.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-80 - Equal dignity and binding effect of judgments

All judgments obtained in the superior courts, magistrate courts, or other courts of this state shall be of equal dignity and shall bind all the property of the defendant in judgment, both real and personal, from the date of such judgments except as otherwise provided in this Code.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-81 - General execution docket; when money judgment in county of defendant's residence creates lien against third parties without notice

(a)
The clerk of superior court of each county shall be required to keep a general execution docket in paper or electronic data base form.
(b)
As against the interest of third parties acting in good faith and without notice who have acquired a transfer or lien binding the property of the defendant in judgment, no money judgment obtained within the county of the defendant's residence in any court of this state or federal court in this state shall create a lien upon the property of the defendant unless the execution issuing thereon is entered upon the execution docket. When the execution has been entered upon the docket, the lien shall date from such entry.
Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 599,§ I-1-2, eff. 7/1/2012.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-82 - When money judgment outside county of defendant's residence creates lien against third parties without notice

As against bona fide purchasers for value without actual notice of a judgment or other third parties acting in good faith and without notice who have acquired a transfer or lien binding the defendant's property, no money judgment obtained in any court of this state or federal court in this state outside the county of the defendant's residence shall create a lien upon the property of the defendant located in any county other than that where obtained unless the execution issuing thereon is entered upon the general execution docket of the county of the defendant's residence within 30 days from the date of the judgment. When the execution is entered upon the docket after the 30 days, the lien shall date from such entry.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-83 - When money judgment creates lien on land located outside county in which obtained against third parties without notice

No money judgment obtained in any court of this state or federal court in this state shall create any lien on land in any county other than that in which it was obtained as against the interests of third parties acting in good faith and without notice who have acquired a transfer or lien binding defendant's property unless at the time of the transfer or the acquisition of the lien the execution was recorded on the general execution docket in the county in which such land is located.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-84 - When money judgment against nonresident creates lien on land within state against third parties without notice

(a)
As against the interests of third parties acting in good faith and without notice who have acquired a transfer or lien binding any real estate situated in this state owned by a nonresident, no money judgment obtained in any court of this state or federal court in this state against the nonresident shall create a lien upon the real estate of the nonresident unless the execution issuing thereon is entered upon the general execution docket of the county in which the real estate is situated. When the execution is entered upon the docket, the lien shall date from such entry.
(b)
Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to affect the validity or force of any judgment as between the parties thereto.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-85 - Deeds, mortgages, judgments, or liens between parties not affected by money judgments

Nothing in Code Sections
9-12-81
and
9-12-82
shall be construed to affect the validity or force of any deed, mortgage, judgment, or other lien of any kind as between the parties thereto.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-86 - Recordation in county where property located prerequisite to lien on land

(a)
For purposes of this Code section, the term "applicable records" shall include deed books, lis pendens dockets, federal tax lien dockets, general execution dockets, and attachment dockets.
(b)
No judgment, decree, or order or any writ of fieri facias issued pursuant to any judgment, decree, or order of any superior court, city court, magistrate court, municipal court, or any federal court shall in any way affect or become a lien upon the title to real property until the judgment, decree, order, or writ of fieri facias is recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the real property is located and is entered in the indexes to the applicable records in the office of the clerk. Such entries and recordings must be requested and paid for by the plaintiff or the defendant, or his attorney at law.
(c)
The recording and indexing required by this Code section shall be in addition to and supplemental to all other recording of judgments, decrees, and orders required by law.
(d)
This Code section shall only apply to judgments, decrees, or orders rendered after March 25, 1958.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-87 - Judgments from same term considered of equal date

(a)
All judgments signed on verdicts rendered at the same term of court shall be considered, held, and taken to be of equal date.
(b)
In the case of judgments signed on verdicts rendered at the same term of the court, no execution shall be entitled to any preference by reason of being first placed in the hands of the levying officer.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-88 - Extent property affected by judgment pending appeal

In all cases in which a judgment is rendered and an appeal is entered from the judgment, the property of the defendant in judgment shall not be bound by the judgment except so far as to prevent the alienation by the defendant of his property between its signing and the signing of the judgment on the appeal, but the property shall be bound from the signing of the judgment on the appeal.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-89 - Effect of appellate proceeding on lien

A judgment in the trial court which is taken to the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals and is affirmed loses no lien or priority by the proceeding in the appellate court.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-90 - Judgments relating to common disaster

(a)
Liens of all judgments obtained in actions for damages growing out of a common disaster or occurrence shall be equal in rank or priority regardless of the date of the rendition of the verdict or the entering of the judgment. However, this Code section shall apply only to judgments obtained in actions which are filed within 12 months from the date of the happening of the disaster or occurrence giving rise to the cause of action.
(b)
This Code section applies to all actions filed in the courts of this state in which damages are sought to be recovered on account of injuries sustained in or death resulting from a common disaster or occurrence.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-91 - Effect of judgment on promissory notes

A judgment creates no lien upon promissory notes in the hands of the defendant.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-92 - Effect of judgment lien on personalty removed to another state, sold, and returned

When a judgment lien has attached to personal property which is removed to another state and sold, the property shall be subject to the judgment lien if brought back to this state.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-93 - When purchased property discharged from lien

When any person has bona fide and for a valuable consideration purchased real or personal property and has been in the possession of the real property for four years or of the personal property for two years, such property shall be discharged from the lien of any judgment against the person from whom it was purchased or against any predecessor in title of real or personal property. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to otherwise affect the validity or enforceability of such judgment, except to discharge such property from any such lien of judgment.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 4 - JUDGMENT LIENS (§§ 9-12-80 — 9-12-94) › Section 9-12-94 - Clerk's fees

For entering an execution upon the general execution docket, the clerk shall be entitled to the fees enumerated in Code Section
15-6-77
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 5 - UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY FOREIGN MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (§§ 9-12-110 — 9-12-119) › Section 9-12-110 - Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act."
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 167,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 5 - UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY FOREIGN MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (§§ 9-12-110 — 9-12-119) › Section 9-12-111 - Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
"Foreign country" means a government other than:
(A)
The United States;
(B)
Any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or
(C)
Any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as to whether to recognize a judgment of such government's court is initially subject to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.
(2)
"Foreign-country judgment" means any judgment of a court of a foreign country.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 167,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 5 - UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY FOREIGN MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (§§ 9-12-110 — 9-12-119) › Section 9-12-112 - Applicability; burden of proof

(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, this article applies to any foreign-country judgment to the extent that such judgment:
(1)
Grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and
(2)
Under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive, and enforceable.
(b)
This article shall not apply to a foreign-country judgment, even if such judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, to the extent that such judgment is:
(1)
A judgment for taxes;
(2)
A fine or other penalty; or
(3)
A judgment for divorce, support, or maintenance, or any other judgment rendered in connection with domestic relations.
(c)
A party seeking recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that this article applies to such foreign-country judgment.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 167,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 5 - UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY FOREIGN MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (§§ 9-12-110 — 9-12-119) › Section 9-12-113 - Recognition and enforcement of foreign-country judgments

(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment meeting the requirements of Code Section
9-12-112
.
(b)
A court of this state shall not recognize a foreign-country judgment if:
(1)
The judgment was rendered under a judicial system that does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law;
(2)
The foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant;
(3)
The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter;
(4)
The defendant in the proceedings in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable the defendant to defend;
(5)
The judgment was obtained by fraud that deprived the losing party of an adequate opportunity to present its case;
(6)
The judgment or cause of action on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this state or of the United States;
(7)
The judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment;
(8)
The proceedings in the foreign court were contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in question was to be determined otherwise than by proceedings in such foreign court;
(9)
In the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action;
(10)
The judgment was rendered in circumstances that raise substantial doubt about the integrity of the rendering court with respect to such judgment; or
(11)
The specific proceeding in the foreign court leading to the judgment was not compatible with the requirements of due process of law.
(c)
A party resisting recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that a ground for nonrecognition stated in subsection (b) of this Code section exists.
Amended by 2016 Ga. Laws 625,§ 9, eff. 5/3/2016.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 167,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 5 - UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY FOREIGN MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (§§ 9-12-110 — 9-12-119) › Section 9-12-114 - Recognition of personal jurisdiction

(a)
A foreign-country judgment shall not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if:
(1)
The defendant was served personally in the foreign country;
(2)
The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceedings other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceedings or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant;
(3)
Prior to the commencement of the proceedings, the defendant had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court, with respect to the subject matter involved;
(4)
The defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the proceedings were instituted or was a corporation or other form of business organization that had its principal place of business in or was organized under the laws of the foreign country;
(5)
The defendant had a business office in the foreign country and the proceedings in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign country; or
(6)
The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign country and the proceedings involved a cause of action arising out of such operation.
(b)
The courts of this state may recognize other bases of personal jurisdiction other than those listed in subsection (a) of this Code section.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 167,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 5 - UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY FOREIGN MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (§§ 9-12-110 — 9-12-119) › Section 9-12-115 - Procedure for recognition

(a)
If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of such foreign-country judgment.
(b)
If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in a pending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim.
(c)
Chapter 11 of this title shall apply to any claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim for recognition of a foreign-country judgment.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 167,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 5 - UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY FOREIGN MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (§§ 9-12-110 — 9-12-119) › Section 9-12-116 - Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgments

If the court in a proceeding under Code Section
9-12-115
finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this article then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment is:
(1)
Conclusive between the parties to the same extent as the judgment of a sister state entitled to full faith and credit in this state would be conclusive; and
(2)
Enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as a judgment rendered in this state.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 167,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 5 - UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY FOREIGN MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (§§ 9-12-110 — 9-12-119) › Section 9-12-117 - Stay pending appeal

If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay the proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the time for appeal expires or the appellant has had sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 167,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 5 - UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY FOREIGN MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (§§ 9-12-110 — 9-12-119) › Section 9-12-118 - Uniform construction

In applying and construing this article, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the "Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act."
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 167,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 5 - UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY FOREIGN MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (§§ 9-12-110 — 9-12-119) › Section 9-12-119 - Situations not covered by article

This article does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of this article.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 167,§ 2-1, eff. 7/1/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-17-14) › Chapter 12 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT (§§ 9-12-1 — 9-12-138) › Article 6 - ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (§§ 9-12-130 — 9-12-138) › Section 9-12-130 - Short title

This article may be cited as the "Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Law."