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Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 13. EXECUTIONS AND JUDICIAL SALES · Article 4. SATISFACTION OR DISCHARGE OF JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION

9-13-70. Suspension of execution for 60 days pending payment; bond.

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

  1. (a)

    In all cases in which a verdict or judgment is rendered, the party against whom the same is entered may, either in open court or in the clerk’s office, within four days after the adjournment of court, enter into bond with good and sufficient security for the payment of the verdict or judgment and costs within 60 days.#

  2. (b)

    When bond and security have been given as provided in this Code section, the verdict and judgment, or the execution thereon, shall be suspended for the 60 days. If the party fails to pay the verdict or judgment within that time, execution shall issue against the party and his security without further proceedings thereon.#

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, §§ 3588, 3589; Code 1868, §§ 3611, 3612; Code 1873, §§ 3661, 3662; Code 1882, §§ 3661, 3662; Civil Code 1895, §§ 5439, 5440; Civil Code 1910, §§ 6044, 6045; Code 1933, §§ 39-501, 39-502.

Law reviews

For note discussing legal and equitable relief from execution available to debtors, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 814 (1978).

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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, pages 219 to 220; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 c88496cf9e57.