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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-12-61. Dormant judgments renewed by action or scire facias; time of renewal.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-12-61. Dormant judgments renewed by action or scire facias; time of renewal.

When any judgment obtained in any court becomes dormant, the same may be renewed or revived by an action or by scire facias, at the option of the holder of the judgment, within three years from the time it becomes dormant.

## History

Laws 1823, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 498; Code 1863, §§ 2855, 3522; Code 1868, §§ 2863, 3545; Code 1873, §§ 2914, 3604; Code 1882, §§ 2914, 3604; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3761, 5378; Ga. L. 1910, p. 121, § 1; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4355, 5973; Code 1933, §§ 110-1002, 110-1003.

## Law Reviews

For note discussing the procedure for the issuance and amendment of a writ of execution, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 814 (1978).