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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-13-9. When execution returnable.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-13-9. When execution returnable.

All executions, except as otherwise provided by this Code, shall be made returnable to the next term of the court from which they issued.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3557; Code 1868, § 3580; Code 1873, § 3635; Code 1882, § 3635; Civil Code 1895, § 5416; Civil Code 1910, § 6021; Code 1933, § 39-125.

## Law Reviews

For note discussing procedures required to effect a levy of execution, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 814 (1978).