Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 2. ACTIONS GENERALLY · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

9-2-2. Actions in personam; actions in rem.

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(a)
An action may be against the person, or against property, or both.#
(b)
Generally, a proceeding against the person shall bind the property also. A proceeding against property without service on the person shall bind only the particular property.#

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, § 3176; Code 1868, § 3187; Code 1873, § 3252; Code 1882, § 3252; Civil Code 1895, § 4931; Civil Code 1910, § 5508; Code 1933, § 3-104; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 9.

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