Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 12. VERDICT AND JUDGMENT · Article 3. DORMANCY AND REVIVAL OF JUDGMENTS

9-12-62. Nature of scire facias.

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

Scire facias to revive a judgment is not an original action but is the continuation of the action in which the judgment was obtained.

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.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3524; Code 1868, § 3547; Code 1873, § 3606; Code 1882, § 3606; Civil Code 1895, § 5380; Civil Code 1910, § 5975; Code 1933, § 110-1005.

Law reviews

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

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Text read from T09 Ch12-16 (V7A) 2015.pdf, Volume V7A, 2015 edition, pages 127 to 128; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 c88496cf9e57.