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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-7-45. Proof of suretyship by parol.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-7-45. Proof of suretyship by parol.

If the fact of suretyship does not appear on the face of the contract, it may be proved by parol, either before or after judgment (the creditor not being delayed in his remedy by such collateral issue between the principal and his surety), if before judgment the surety shall give notice to the principal of his intention to make such proof.

## History

Laws 1826, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 593.; Code 1863, § 2143; Code 1868, § 2138; Code 1873, § 2165; Code 1882, § 2165; Civil Code 1895, § 2984; Civil Code 1910, § 3556; Code 1933, § 103-306.