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# O.C.G.A. § 15-10-52. Party name in action.

The style of any action, other than a proceeding brought pursuant to Chapter 7 of Title 44, relating to landlord and tenant, brought in the magistrate court by the assignee of the obligee of any obligation shall show the action in the name of the original obligee by the assignee.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-10-52, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 880, § 1.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, Code Section 15-10-52, as enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1580, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 15-10-53.

## Law Reviews

For note on 2000 enactment of this Code section, see 17 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 64 (2000).