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Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 11. EJECTMENT AND PROCEEDINGS AGAINST INTRUDERS · Article 2. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST INTRUDERS

44-11-33. Issuance of writ of possession; fi. fa. for costs; presentation to law enforcement.

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

  1. If the trial provided for in Code Section 44-11-32 finds a verdict for the plaintiff, the clerk of the court shall issue a writ of possession instanter and a fi. fa. for the costs of the proceeding and any other monetary relief awarded by the court. The plaintiff and the court shall be authorized to present the final order to law enforcement for investigation or prosecution.

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

Ga. L. 1853-54, p. 52, § 3; Code 1863, § 3982; Code 1868, § 4003; Code 1873, § 4075; Code 1882, § 4075; Civil Code 1895, § 4811; Civil Code 1910, § 5383; Code 1933, § 105-1504; Ga. L. 2024, p. 400, § 7/HB 1017, effective April 24, 2024; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 44(10)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective April 24, 2024, in the first sentence in this Code section, deleted “the jury, upon” following “If” at the beginning, inserted “instanter” near the middle, and added “and any other monetary relief awarded by the court” at the end, and added the second sentence. The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “44-11-32 finds” for “44-11-32 finds” in the first sentence.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2024, p. 400, § 1/HB 1017, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Squatter Reform Act.’”

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

Text read from t44-ch8-17-(v32)-pdf.pdf, Volume V32, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 17 to 18; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 41d663706f28.