Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 18. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR · Chapter 4. GARNISHMENT PROCEEDINGS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
18-4-17. Third-party claimants.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
At any time before judgment is entered on the garnishee’s answer or money or other property subject to garnishment is distributed, any person may file a third-party claim in writing under oath stating that he or she has a claim superior to that of the plaintiff to the money or other property in the hands of the garnishee subject to the process of garnishment, and the third-party claimant shall be a party to all further proceedings upon the garnishment. A third-party claimant shall serve his or her claim upon the plaintiff, defendant, and garnishee. The form for a third-party claim is set forth in Code Section 18-4-88.
History
Code 1981, § 18-4-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 8, § 1/SB 255.
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Text read from t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V16, 2022 edition, pages 210 to 211; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.