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

9-12-66. Venue of action to renew judgment.

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

  1. An action to renew a dormant judgment shall be brought in the county where the defendant in judgment resides at the commencement of the action.

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, § 3523; Code 1868, § 3546; Code 1873, § 3605; Code 1882, § 3605; Civil Code 1895, § 5379; Civil Code 1910, § 5974; Code 1933, § 110-1004.

Law reviews

For note discussing problems with venue in Georgia, and proposing statutory revisions to improve the resolution of venue questions, see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 254 (1972).

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

Text read from T09 Ch12-16 (V7A) 2015.pdf, Volume V7A, 2015 edition, page 132; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 c88496cf9e57.