Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 14. MORTGAGES, CONVEYANCES TO SECURE DEBT, AND LIENS · Article 7. FORECLOSURE · Part 4. FORECLOSURES ON PERSONALTY

44-14-269. Default judgment.

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Upon the failure of the defendant to appear and answer within the time provided in Code Section 44-14-267, if the service on the defendant was made in such a manner as to comply with Code Section 9-11-4, a default judgment shall be entered against the defendant for the full amount of the petitioner’s claim.

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.

Code 1933, § 67-717, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1213, § 3.

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