Georgia Code
Article 5 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act
§ 9-12-114. Recognition of Personal Jurisdiction

History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 479, § 5; Code 1981, § 9-12-114 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 2-1/SB 65.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, redesignated former Code Section 9-12-115 as present Code Section 9-12-114; substituted “country” for “state” throughout; in subsection (a), substituted “foreign-country” for “foreign” in the introductory language, substituted “the defendant” for “him” in paragraph (a)(2), in paragraph (a)(3), deleted “expressly in writing” following “had agreed” and deleted “in such proceedings, in an action by the party seeking to enforce the judgment” following “matter involved”, substituted “or was a corporation or other form of business organization that had its principal place of business in or was organized under the laws of the foreign country” for “, being a body corporate, then had its principal place of business or was incorporated in the foreign state” in paragraph (a)(4), and substituted “country” for “state; provided, however, that a business office in the foreign state which it maintained for the transaction of business by a subsidiary corporation of the defendant but which is not held out as a business office of the defendant shall not be deemed to be a business office of the defendant” at the end of paragraph (a)(5); and substituted “; other than those listed” for “provided, however, that if the proceedings in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of business activities in the foreign state, the judgment shall not be recognized unless there is a basis for personal jurisdiction as specified” in subsection (b).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 1-1/SB 65, not codified by the General Assembly, provides:
“(a) This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Debtor Creditor Uniform Law Modernization Act of 2015.’
“(b) To promote consistency among the states, it is the intent of the General Assembly to modernize certain existing uniform laws promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission affecting debtor and creditor rights, responsibilities, and relationships and other federally recognized laws affecting such rights, responsibilities, and relationships.”
Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 2-1, effective July 1, 2015, redesignated former Code Section 9-12-114 as present Code Section 9-12-113(b).
Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 7-1/SB 65, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part: “Part 2 of this Act shall apply to all actions filed on or after July 1, 2015, in which the recognition of a foreign country judgment is raised.

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