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title: O.C.G.A. § 18-3-12. Persons who may be taken as security or surety on a bond.
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# O.C.G.A. § 18-3-12. Persons who may be taken as security or surety on a bond.

No person shall be taken as security or surety on any attachment bond who is an attorney for the plaintiff or a nonresident, except such nonresident who is possessed of real estate in the county where the attachment issues which is the value of the amount of such bond.

## History

Ga. L. 1873, p. 29, § 1; Code 1873, § 3268; Code 1882, § 3268; Civil Code 1895, § 4514; Civil Code 1910, § 5059; Code 1933, § 8-112.