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title: O.C.G.A. § 18-3-74. When lien arises; priorities.
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# O.C.G.A. § 18-3-74. When lien arises; priorities.

The lien of an attachment is created by the levy and not the judgment in the attachment; and in case of a conflict between attachments, the first levied shall be first satisfied; but in a contest between attachments and ordinary judgments or suits, it is the judgment and not the levy which fixes the lien. However, the lien of an attachment shall have priority over the lien of an ordinary judgment that has been obtained upon a suit filed after the levy of the attachment.

## History

Code 1933, § 8-905, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1578, § 1; Code 1981, § 18-3-74, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1578, § 2.