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

9-13-5. Amendment of execution — To conform to judgment or time of return.

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  1. A writ of fieri facias may be amended so as to conform to the judgment upon which it issued and to the time of its return; and such amendments shall in no manner affect the validity of the writ of fieri facias, nor shall the levy of the writ fall or be in any manner invalidated thereby.

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, § 3425; Code 1868, § 3445; Code 1873, § 3495; Code 1882, § 3495; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 76, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 5114; Civil Code 1910, § 5698; Code 1933, § 39-109.

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For note discussing the procedure for the issuance and amendment of a 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 186; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 c88496cf9e57.