Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 18-3-3. Attachment Prior to Debt Becoming Due; Stay of Execution When Debt Not Due Before Final Judgment

When the debt is not due, the debtor shall be subject to attachment in the same manner and to the same extent as in cases where the debt is due, except that, where the debt does not become due before final judgment, execution upon the judgment shall be stayed until the debt is due.
History. Laws 1816, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 75; Code 1863, § 3197; Code 1868, § 3208; Code 1873, § 3275; Code 1882, § 3275; Civil Code 1895, § 4521; Civil Code 1910, § 5066; Code 1933, § 8-103.

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Georgia Code

Title 18 - Debtor and Creditor

Chapter 3 - Attachment Proceedings

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 18-3-1. Grounds for Attachment

§ 18-3-2. Right to Seek Attachment on Money Demands Generally

§ 18-3-3. Attachment Prior to Debt Becoming Due; Stay of Execution When Debt Not Due Before Final Judgment

§ 18-3-4. Attachment After Action Commenced; Effect of Judgment on Pending Action

§ 18-3-5. Attachment Against Administrator or Executor; Entry of Final Judgment

§ 18-3-6. Attachment Against Joint Contractors or Partners

§ 18-3-7. Attachment Against Nonresident Corporations

§ 18-3-8. Right of Surety or Endorser Upon an Instrument of Writing to Attach Property of Principal

§ 18-3-9. Application for Issuance of Writ of Attachment Prior to Judgment; Contents of Application; Procedure

§ 18-3-10. Bond Requirements Generally

§ 18-3-10.1. Service of Process in Action Against Nonresident Plaintiff for Damages

§ 18-3-11. Affidavit for Attachment and Execution of Bond When Debt Due to Partnership or Several Persons Jointly

§ 18-3-12. Persons Who May Be Taken as Security or Surety on a Bond

§ 18-3-13. Procedure for Contesting Sufficiency of Bond; Requirement of Additional Security or New Bond; Failure to Comply

§ 18-3-14. Service of Writ of Attachment on Defendant; Notification of Defendant of Issuance of Attachment

§ 18-3-15. Right of Defendant to Postseizure Hearing

§ 18-3-16. Issuance and Levy of Attachment on Sunday

§ 18-3-17. Courts to Which Attachments Returnable; Applicability of Rules of Civil Practice and Procedure; Filing of Declaration in Attachment; Notice of Declaration

§ 18-3-18. Applicability of Chapter 10 of Title 9 Subsequent to Filing of Declaration in Attachment

§ 18-3-19. Forms for Attachment

§ 18-3-20. Substantial Compliance in Matters of Form Sufficient