Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 18. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR · Chapter 4. GARNISHMENT PROCEEDINGS · Article 4. GARNISHMENT FORMS
18-4-85. Financial institution garnishee answer.
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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v. ) Civil Action File No.
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Defendant )
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Garnishee )
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION GARNISHEE
ANSWER OF
(GARNISHEE)
1. At the time of service of the Summons of Garnishment on a
Financial Institution and including the next five days, the Garnishee had in its possession the following described money and property of the Defendant:
2. $ is the amount herewith paid into court.
3. □ Check this box if the Defendant is not presently an account holder of the Garnishee.
4. The Garnishee further states: . Garnishee, Garnishee’s Attorney, or officer or employee of an entity Garnishee CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that I have this day served the Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s Attorney and the Defendant or Defendant’s Attorney in the foregoing matter with a copy of this pleading by depositing it in the United States mail in a properly addressed envelope with adequate postage thereon. This day of , 20 .
Garnishee, Garnishee’s Attorney, or officer or employee of an entity Garnishee”
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, § 18-4-85, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 8, § 1/SB 255; Ga. L. 2020, p. 691, § 32/SB 443; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 18/HB 497. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, added “OF (Garnishee)” in the heading “Financial Institution Garnishee Answer”. The 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “United States mail” for “United States Mail” in the form under “CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE”.
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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 271 to 273; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.