---
title: O.C.G.A. § 9-12-110. Short title.
collection: code
id: 9-12-110
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 9-12-110 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-110
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-110.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-110/text
source_url: https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2024/T09%20Ch12-16%20%28V7A%29%202015.pdf#page=161
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/9-12.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-94.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-111.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: CIVIL PRACTICE / VERDICT AND JUDGMENT / UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT
---

# O.C.G.A. § 9-12-110. Short title.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.’’

## History

Ga. L. 1975, p. 479, § 8; Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 2-1/SB 65.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 1-1/SB 65, not codified by the General Assembly, provides:

‘‘(a) This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Debtor Creditor Uniform Law Modernization Act of 2015.’

‘‘(b) To promote consistency among the states, it is the intent of the General Assembly to modernize certain existing uniform laws promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission affecting debtor and creditor rights, responsibilities, and relationships and other federally recognized laws affecting such rights, responsibilities, and relationships.’’

Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 7-1/SB 65, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part: ‘‘Part 2 of this Act shall apply to all actions filed on or after July 1, 2015, in which the recognition of a foreign country judgment is raised.’’

## Other Notes

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, inserted ‘‘shall be known and’’ and substituted ‘‘Uniform Foreign-Country’’ for ‘‘Georgia Foreign’’ in this Code section. See editor’s note for applicability.