Georgia Code
Article 4 - Judgment Liens
§ 9-12-82. When Money Judgment Outside County of Defendant’s Residence Creates Lien Against Third Parties Without Notice

As against bona fide purchasers for value without actual notice of a judgment or other third parties acting in good faith and without notice who have acquired a transfer or lien binding the defendant’s property, no money judgment obtained in any court of this state or federal court in this state outside the county of the defendant’s residence shall create a lien upon the property of the defendant located in any county other than that where obtained unless the execution issuing thereon is entered upon the general execution docket of the county of the defendant’s residence within 30 days from the date of the judgment. When the execution is entered upon the docket after the 30 days, the lien shall date from such entry.
History. Laws 1822, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 497.; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 238, § 1; Code 1863, § 3502; Code 1868, § 3525; Code 1873, § 3583; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 143, § 2; Code 1882, § 3583; Ga. L. 1889, p. 1006, § 3; Civil Code 1895, §§ 2780, 5356; Civil Code 1910, §§ 3322, 5951; Code 1933, §§ 39-702, 110-512.

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