Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 18. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR · Chapter 4. GARNISHMENT PROCEEDINGS · Article 4. GARNISHMENT FORMS
18-4-71. Affidavit of garnishment.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
“IN THE COURT OF COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
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Plaintiff: )
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Plaintiff’s contact information: )
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Name )
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Street Address )
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Bar Number )
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Defendant: )
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Name )
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Street Address )
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City State ZIP Code )
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Garnishee: )
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AFFIDAVIT OF GARNISHMENT
□ Check this box if the Garnishee is a financial institution.
□ Check this box if garnishment is for the collection of child
support or alimony. See O.C.G.A. § 18-4-50, et seq.
Personally appeared , who on oath says:
(Print name)
1. I am the (Plaintiff) (Attorney at Law for Plaintiff) (Agent for Plaintiff). [Circle one]
2. The Plaintiff obtained a judgment against the Defendant in Case Number in the
Court of County, , and State
no agreement requires forbearance from the garnishment which is applied for currently.
3. $ is the balance due, which consists of the sum of $ Principal, $ Postjudgment interest, and $ Other (e.g., prejudgment interest, attorney’s fees, costs [exclusive of the cost of this action]).
4. Upon the Affiant’s personal knowledge or belief, the sum stated herein is unpaid.
This day of , 20 .
Affiant Print name of Affiant Sworn to and subscribed before me this day
of , 20 .
Notary Public or Deputy Clerk of Court”
Reading note: the printed indentation of one or more subsections was ambiguous, so their nesting is the extractor's best reading. The official page linked below settles any doubt.
History
Code 1981, § 18-4-71, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 8, § 1/SB 255.
Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).
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 244 to 245; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.