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Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 13. EXECUTIONS AND JUDICIAL SALES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

9-13-1. Entry and signing of judgment prerequisite to execution.

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  1. No execution shall issue until judgment is entered and signed by the party in whose favor verdict was rendered or by his attorney, or by the presiding judge or justice.

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 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 494; Code 1863, § 3487; Code 1868, § 3510; Code 1873, § 3568; Code 1882, § 3568; Civil Code 1895, § 5339; Civil Code 1910, § 5934; Code 1933, § 39-102.

Law reviews

For note discussing constitutional issues affecting executions, and procedure for issuance and amendment of 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, page 182; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 c88496cf9e57.