Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

9-13-75. Setoff of judgments; collection of balance.

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One judgment may be set off against another, on motion, whether in the hands of an original party or an assignee. The balance on the larger is collectable under execution. The rights of an assignee shall not be interfered with if bona fide and for value.

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, §§ 2843, 3396; Code 1868, §§ 2851, 3415; Code 1873, §§ 2902, 3467; Code 1882, §§ 2902, 3467; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3748, 5086; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4342, 5670; Code 1933, § 39-605; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 9.

Law reviews

For survey article on recent developments in Georgia law of remedies, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 397 (1982).

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