History. Code 1981, § 18-4-14 , enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 8, § 1/SB 255; Ga. L. 2020, p. 691, § 11/SB 443.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, added “, nor interfere with, exclude, or supplant any contractual arrangement for a garnishee to reimburse itself for costs or fees of legal processing due to a garnishment” at the end of subsection (d).
Law reviews.
For article discussing an advisory opinion issued by the Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law on the issue of execution and filing of an answer in the garnishment action by a nonattorney employee of the garnishee, see 16 (No. 1) Ga. St. B.J. 102 (2010).
Structure Georgia Code
Title 18 - Debtor and Creditor
Chapter 4 - Garnishment Proceedings
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 18-4-3. Affidavit and Requirements; Summons of Garnishment
§ 18-4-4. Process of Garnishment; Period of Garnishment
§ 18-4-6. Exemption From Garnishment
§ 18-4-8. Required Documents and Service Thereof
§ 18-4-9. Periodic Summonses; Original Filing Date Limiting Extension
§ 18-4-10. Responses by Garnishee; Judgment by Default
§ 18-4-12. Entity as Garnishee
§ 18-4-13. Service of Garnishee’s Answer
§ 18-4-14. Recovery of Reasonable Expenses; Recovery of Actual Expenses; Refunds
§ 18-4-15. Parties to Garnishment; Basis for Exemption; Form; Challenge to Garnishment
§ 18-4-16. Plaintiff Filing Traverse
§ 18-4-17. Third-Party Claimants
§ 18-4-18. Priority of Conflicting Claims to Money or Property
§ 18-4-19. Order of Trial; Introduction of Evidence; Expenses
§ 18-4-20. Failure to File Claim or Traverse in Timely Manner
§ 18-4-21. Failure of Garnishee to File Answer; Default
§ 18-4-22. Financial Institution as Garnishee; Failure to Answer
§ 18-4-23. Grounds for Relief From Liability
§ 18-4-24. Modification of Default Judgments; Burden of Proof
§ 18-4-25. Release of Summons of Garnishment; Release of Garnishment
§ 18-4-26. Local Government Organization and Employees Subject to Garnishment; Procedure