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title: O.C.G.A. § 18-3-1. Grounds for attachment.
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# O.C.G.A. § 18-3-1. Grounds for attachment.

Attachments may issue when the debtor:

(1) Resides out of the state;

(2) Moves or is about to move his domicile outside the limits of the county;

(3) Absconds;

(4) Conceals himself;

(5) Resists legal arrest; or

(6) Is causing his property to be removed beyond the limits of the state.

## History

Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 69; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 25, § 1; Code 1863, § 3188; Code 1868, § 3199; Code 1873, § 3264; Code 1882, § 3264; Civil Code 1895, § 4510; Civil Code 1910, § 5055; Code 1933, § 8-101.

## Law Reviews

For comment on Reeves v. Motor Contract Co., 324 F. Supp. 1011 (N.D. Ga. 1971), see 23 Mercer L. Rev. 369 (1972).

For note discussing notice and judicial supervision in postjudgment garnishment in Georgia, see 26 Emory L.J. 597 (1977).