---
title: O.C.G.A. § 9-12-91. Effect of judgment on promissory notes.
collection: code
id: 9-12-91
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 9-12-91 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-91
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-91.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-91/text
source_url: https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2024/T09%20Ch12-16%20%28V7A%29%202015.pdf#page=155
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-90.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-92.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: CIVIL PRACTICE / VERDICT AND JUDGMENT / JUDGMENT LIENS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 9-12-91. Effect of judgment on promissory notes.

A judgment creates no lien upon promissory notes in the hands of the defendant.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3501; Code 1868, § 3524; Code 1873, § 3582; Code 1882, § 3582; Civil Code 1895, § 5353; Code 1910, § 5948; Code 1933, § 110-509.