---
title: O.C.G.A. § 33-17-20. Enforcement against subscriber of judgment against insurer.
collection: code
id: 33-17-20
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 33-17-20 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/33-17-20
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/33-17-20.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/33-17-20/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t33-ch1-22-(v24)-2020-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=a873240d_0#page=777
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/33-17.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/33-17-19.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/33-17-21.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: INSURANCE / RECIPROCAL INSURERS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 33-17-20. Enforcement against subscriber of judgment against insurer.

(a) No action shall lie against any subscriber upon any obligation claimed against the insurer until a final judgment has been obtained against the insurer and remains unsatisfied for 30 days.

(b) Any judgment shall be binding upon each subscriber only in such proportion as his interests may appear and in amount not exceeding his contingent liability, if any.

## History

Code 1933, § 56-2122, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1.