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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-13-1. Entry and signing of judgment prerequisite to execution.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-13-1. Entry and signing of judgment prerequisite to execution.

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.

## 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).