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Title 18. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR · Chapter 3. ATTACHMENT PROCEEDINGS · Article 2. LEVY AND REPLEVY OF PROPERTY GENERALLY

18-3-31. Levy by officer of attachments in order received; entry of time and date of levy on attachment; levy upon land and attachment entry on docket by clerk.

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  1. In all cases it shall be the duty of the officer levying attachments to levy them in the order in which they come into his hands, and it shall be his duty to enter upon the same the year, month, day, and hour on which he made the levy. Where the levy is upon land, the attachment must be entered on the execution or attachment docket by the clerk of the superior court in order to be good against third persons acting in good faith and without actual notice.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 25, § 19; Code 1863, § 3208; Code 1868, § 3219; Code 1873, § 3286; Code 1882, § 3286; Ga. L. 1892, p. 58, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 4532; Civil Code 1910, § 5077; Code 1933, § 8-203.

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History of Section.
The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Deveney, Hood & Co. v. Burton, 110 Ga. 56, 35 S.E. 268 (1900).

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