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

9-12-67. Revival of judgment against nonresident; service by publication.

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

  1. If the defendant in judgment or other party to be notified resides outside this state, a dormant judgment may be revived against such defendant or his representative by such process as is issued in cases in which the defendant resides in this state, provided that the defendant in judgment or other party to be notified shall be served with scire facias by publication in the newspaper in which the official advertisements of the county are published, twice a month for two months previous to the term of the court at which it is intended to revive the judgment, which service shall be as effectual in all cases as if the defendant or person to be notified had been personally served.

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

Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 502; Code 1863, § 3526; Code 1868, § 3549; Code 1873, § 3608; Code 1882, § 3608; Civil Code 1895, § 5382; Civil Code 1910, § 5977; Code 1933, § 110-1007; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 9; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 9.

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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.