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Title 18. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR · Chapter 4. GARNISHMENT PROCEEDINGS · Article 4. GARNISHMENT FORMS

18-4-72. Affidavit of continuing garnishment.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. “IN THE COURT OF COUNTY

  2. STATE OF GEORGIA

  3. )

  4. Plaintiff: )

  5. )

  6. )

  7. Name )

  8. )

  9. Plaintiff’s contact information: )

  10. )

  11. )

  12. Name )

  13. ) Civil Action File No.

  14. Street Address )

  15. )

  16. City State ZIP Code )

  17. )

  18. Email Address )

  19. )

  20. Phone Number )

  21. )

  22. Bar Number )

  23. )

  24. v. )

  25. )

  26. Defendant: )

  27. )

  28. )

  29. Name )

  30. )

  31. Street Address )

  32. )

  33. City State ZIP Code )

  34. )

  35. Garnishee: )

  36. )

  37. Name )

  38. )

  39. Street Address )

  40. )

  41. City State ZIP Code )

  42. )

  43. AFFIDAVIT OF CONTINUING GARNISHMENT

  44. DO NOT USE THIS FORM FOR A CONTINUING

  45. GARNISHMENT

  46. FOR CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY.

  47. SEE O.C.G.A. § 18-4-73.

  48. Personally appeared , who on oath says:

  49. (Print name)

  50. 1. I am the (Plaintiff) (Attorney at Law for Plaintiff) (Agent for Plaintiff). [Circle one]

  51. 2. The Plaintiff obtained a judgment against the Defendant in Case Number in the Court of County, , and no agreement State

  52. requires forbearance from the garnishment which is applied for currently.

  53. 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]).

  54. 4. Upon the Affiant’s personal knowledge or belief, the sum stated herein is unpaid.

  55. 5. The Affiant believes that the Garnishee is an employer of or under periodic obligations for payment of funds to the Defendant.

  56. This day of , 20 .

  57. Affiant Print name of Affiant Sworn to and subscribed before me this day

  58. of , 20 .

  59. 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.

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

Code 1981, § 18-4-72, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 8, § 1/SB 255; Ga. L. 2020, p. 691, § 25/SB 443; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 18/HB 497. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted “or under periodic obligations for payment of funds to” in paragraph (5) of the form. The 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “Email Address” for “E-mail Address” in the form affidavit under “Plaintiff’s contact information”.

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 246 to 248; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.