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# O.C.G.A. § 9-12-21. Judgments transferable; status of transferee.

A person in whose favor a judgment has been entered or a person to whom a judgment has been transferred may bona fide and for a valuable consideration transfer any judgment to a third person. In all such cases the transferee of any judgment shall have the same rights and shall be subject to the same equities and to the same defenses as was the original holder of the judgment.

## History

Laws 1829, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 499; Code 1863, § 3516; Code 1868, § 3539; Code 1873, § 3597; Code 1882, § 3597; Civil Code 1895, § 5374; Civil Code 1910, § 5969; Code 1933, § 110-901.

## Law Reviews

For note discussing whether the bankruptcy estate includes proceeds of a judgment for personal injury obtained by the bankrupt, see 32 Mercer L. Rev. 983 (1981).