Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 18-4-9. Periodic Summonses; Original Filing Date Limiting Extension

History. Code 1981, § 18-4-9 , enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 8, § 1/SB 255; Ga. L. 2018, p. 820, § 5/SB 194; Ga. L. 2020, p. 691, § 7/SB 443.
The 2018 amendment, effective May 8, 2018, substituted “After two years, the” for “The” at the beginning of the second sentence of subsection (b).
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, rewrote subsection (b), which read: “No new summons of garnishment on the same affidavit of garnishment shall be issued after two years from the date of the original filing of such affidavit. After two years, the garnishment proceeding based on such affidavit shall automatically stand dismissed unless there are funds remaining in the registry of the court or a new summons of garnishment has been issued in the preceding 30 days.

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