--- title: Title 10, Chapter 7. Suretyship collection: code id: code:chapter:10-7 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/10/chapter/7 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-6B.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-8.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: SURETYSHIP title_heading: COMMERCE AND TRADE section_count: 34 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7.md?full=1 --- # Title 10, Chapter 7. Suretyship Title 10. Commerce and Trade 34 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 10-7-1, Contract of suretyship or guaranty defined; liability of surety generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-1.md - 10-7-2, Nature of obligation of surety, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-2.md - 10-7-3, Suretyship not extended by implication, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-3.md - 10-7-4, Form of contract immaterial, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-4.md - 10-7-20, Effect of release of or compounding with surety, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-20.md - 10-7-21, Novation; effect, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-21.md - 10-7-22, Discharge of surety by increase of risk, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-22.md - 10-7-23, Refusal to deliver evidence of debt and securities on tender of amount of debt as discharging surety, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-23.md - 10-7-24, Refusal to sue principal after notice by surety as discharge, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-24.md - 10-7-25, Extending liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-25.md - 10-7-26, Promise to pay in ignorance of discharge, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-26.md - 10-7-27, Provisions of Uniform Commercial Code to control, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-27.md - 10-7-28, Process sued out and judgment entered against surety as such, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-28.md - 10-7-29, Judgment against principal and surety at same time, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-29.md - 10-7-30, Bad faith refusal of corporate surety to perform suretyship contract, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-30.md - 10-7-31, Rights of certain parties claiming protection under a payment bond or security deposit; notice of commencement of work, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-31.md - 10-7-40, Attachment against principal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-40.md - 10-7-41, Right of surety or endorser to recover amount paid, interest, and costs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-41.md - 10-7-42, Effect of judgment against surety, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-42.md - 10-7-43, Recovery of usury paid by surety, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-43.md - 10-7-44, Foreclosure of mortgage or enforcement of security given by principal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-44.md - 10-7-45, Proof of suretyship by parol, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-45.md - 10-7-46, Proof of suretyship after judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-46.md - 10-7-47, Control of execution and judgment by surety; subrogation to plaintiff’s rights, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-47.md - 10-7-48, Control of execution and judgment by surety when sued separately, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-48.md - 10-7-49, Payment pending action; judgment for plaintiff for use of surety, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-49.md - 10-7-50, Compelling contribution from cosureties after paying more than equal share; effect of cosurety’s insolvency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-50.md - 10-7-51, Interest on sum recovered as contribution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-51.md - 10-7-52, Duty to account for indemnification from principal; compelling transfer of security from principal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-52.md - 10-7-53, Controlling action on debt and judgments therein against cosureties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-53.md - 10-7-54, Endorser’s right to control judgment on debt and execution thereon, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-54.md - 10-7-55, Protection of bona fide purchasers when surety controls judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-55.md - 10-7-56, Subrogation to rights of creditor; priority of claim, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-56.md - 10-7-57, Substitution in place of creditor as to securities held by creditor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-7-57.md