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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-10-49. Procedure in attachment, garnishment, dispossessory, and distress warrant proceedings.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-10-49. Procedure in attachment, garnishment, dispossessory, and distress warrant proceedings.

(a) Procedure in attachment cases shall be subject to Chapter 3 of Title 18, except that there shall be no prejudgment attachment granted in the magistrate court.

(b) Procedure in garnishment cases shall be subject to Chapter 4 of Title 18.

(c) Procedure in dispossessory proceedings and in distress warrant proceedings shall be subject to Articles 3 and 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 44.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-10-49, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 701, § 5.