Process of attachment may issue against an administrator of an estate or the executor of the last will and testament of any deceased person, as in other cases, when the administrator or executor actually removes or is about to remove the property of the deceased person outside the limits of any county, provided that final judgment shall not be entered against such administrator or executor until after the expiration of two years from the granting of letters of administration or letters testamentary, as the case may be.
History. Ga. L. 1857, p. 24, § 1; Code 1863, § 3199; Code 1868, § 3210; Code 1873, § 3277; Code 1882, § 3277; Civil Code 1895, § 4523; Civil Code 1910, § 5068; Code 1933, § 8-105.
Cross references.
Administrators and personal representatives generally, T. 53, C. 6.
Structure 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
§ 18-3-4. 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
§ 18-3-10. Bond Requirements Generally
§ 18-3-10.1. Service of Process in Action Against Nonresident Plaintiff for Damages
§ 18-3-12. Persons Who May Be Taken as Security or Surety on a Bond
§ 18-3-15. Right of Defendant to Postseizure Hearing
§ 18-3-16. Issuance and Levy of Attachment on Sunday
§ 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