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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-13-120. Rights of Georgia residents.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-13-120. Rights of Georgia residents.

As against a domesticated judgment from another state, a judgment debtor resident in Georgia shall be entitled to assert, in addition to any other exemption under Georgia law, an exemption from levy and sale and any other process equal to the exemption which would be provided to the judgment debtor by the law of the state in which the judgment was entered if the judgment debtor were a resident of that state.

## History

Code 1981, § 44-13-120, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 451, § 1.