Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 18-4-23. Grounds for Relief From Liability

History. Code 1981, § 18-4-23 , enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 8, § 1/SB 255; Ga. L. 2020, p. 691, § 17/SB 443; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 18/HB 497.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in subsections (a) and (b), substituted “Code Section 18-4-7,” for “Code Section 18-4-7 with”; substituted “any information or circumstances, including but not limited to” for “and compare the” in the second sentence of subsection (a); in subsection (b), deleted “and a plaintiff” preceding “shall not”, added “or with a modification of continuing garnishment by use of the form in Code Section 18-4-90”, and substituted “any information or circumstances, including but not limited to” for “and compare”; added subsections (c) and (d); and redesignated former subsection (c) as present subsection (e).
The 2021 amendment, effective May 21, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “limited to the accuracy” for “limited to accuracy” in the middle of the second sentence of subsection (a).

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 18 - Debtor and Creditor

Chapter 4 - Garnishment Proceedings

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 18-4-1. Definitions

§ 18-4-2. Uniform Procedures for Garnishment; Entitlement to Procedures; Application of the Civil Practice Act; Amendment

§ 18-4-3. Affidavit and Requirements; Summons of Garnishment

§ 18-4-4. Process of Garnishment; Period of Garnishment

§ 18-4-5. Maximum Part of Disposable Earnings Subject to Garnishment; Adverse Employment Action Prohibited

§ 18-4-6. Exemption From Garnishment

§ 18-4-7. Required Information on Summons of Garnishment or Attachment Thereto; Form Usage; Failure to Use Correct Form

§ 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

§ 18-4-11. Garnishee Answer; Property Located in Area With Restricted Access; Physical Filings Allowed

§ 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