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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-3-20. Actions on foreign judgments.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-3-20. Actions on foreign judgments.

All actions upon judgments obtained outside this state, except judgments for child support or spousal support, or both, shall be brought within five years after such judgments have been obtained.

## History

Laws 1805, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 564.; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 233, § 7; Code 1863, § 2854; Code 1868, § 2862; Code 1873, § 2913; Code 1882, § 2913; Civil Code 1895, § 3760; Civil Code 1910, § 4354; Code 1933, § 3-701; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey on law of domestic relations, see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 201 (1990).

For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).