Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 12. VERDICT AND JUDGMENT · Article 6. ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS

9-12-132. Filing of judgment; force and effect following filing.

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

A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of Congress or statutes of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of any court of competent jurisdiction of this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the court in which the foreign judgment is filed. A filed foreign judgment has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses, and proceedings for reopening, vacating, staying, enforcing, or satisfying as a judgment of the court in which it is filed and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.

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 1981, § 9-12-132, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 380, § 1.

Judgments generally, § 9-12-40 et seq. Authentication of laws and judicial records of other states, § 24-9-922.

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Text read from T09 Ch12-16 (V7A) 2015.pdf, Volume V7A, 2015 edition, page 174; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 c88496cf9e57.