Georgia Code
Title 18 - Debtor and Creditor
Chapter 3 - Attachment Proceedings

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 18-3-1. Grounds for Attachment - Attachments may issue when the debtor: History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s...

§ 18-3-2. Right to Seek Attachment on Money Demands Generally - In all cases of money demands, whether arising ex contractu...

§ 18-3-3. Attachment Prior to Debt Becoming Due; Stay of Execution When Debt Not Due Before Final Judgment - When the debt is not due, the debtor shall be...

§ 18-3-4. Attachment After Action Commenced; Effect of Judgment on Pending Action - In all cases where the plaintiff has commenced an action...

§ 18-3-5. Attachment Against Administrator or Executor; Entry of Final Judgment - Process of attachment may issue against an administrator of an...

§ 18-3-6. Attachment Against Joint Contractors or Partners - In cases of joint contractors and partners, where any one...

§ 18-3-7. Attachment Against Nonresident Corporations - Attachments may issue against nonresident corporations transacting business within the...

§ 18-3-8. Right of Surety or Endorser Upon an Instrument of Writing to Attach Property of Principal - History. Laws 1820, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 75; Laws 1842,...

§ 18-3-9. Application for Issuance of Writ of Attachment Prior to Judgment; Contents of Application; Procedure - History. Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 25, § 2; Code 1863,...

§ 18-3-10. Bond Requirements Generally - No writ of attachment shall issue unless accompanied by a...

§ 18-3-10.1. Service of Process in Action Against Nonresident Plaintiff for Damages - When a person who has been a defendant in attachment...

§ 18-3-11. Affidavit for Attachment and Execution of Bond When Debt Due to Partnership or Several Persons Jointly - When the debt, for the recovery of which the attachment...

§ 18-3-12. Persons Who May Be Taken as Security or Surety on a Bond - No person shall be taken as security or surety on...

§ 18-3-13. Procedure for Contesting Sufficiency of Bond; Requirement of Additional Security or New Bond; Failure to Comply - When any attachment shall be issued and levied upon the...

§ 18-3-14. Service of Writ of Attachment on Defendant; Notification of Defendant of Issuance of Attachment - History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 70; Ga. L....

§ 18-3-15. Right of Defendant to Postseizure Hearing - When a writ of attachment is issued against the property...

§ 18-3-16. Issuance and Levy of Attachment on Sunday - Attachments may issue and be levied on Sunday when the...

§ 18-3-17. Courts to Which Attachments Returnable; Applicability of Rules of Civil Practice and Procedure; Filing of Declaration in Attachment; Notice of Declaration - History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 70, 638; Ga....

§ 18-3-18. Applicability of Chapter 10 of Title 9 Subsequent to Filing of Declaration in Attachment - All pleadings, defenses, and procedures subsequent to the filing of...

§ 18-3-19. Forms for Attachment - In all cases of attachment, the form of the affidavit,...

§ 18-3-20. Substantial Compliance in Matters of Form Sufficient - A substantial compliance in all matters of form shall be...

Article 2 - Levy and Replevy of Property Generally

§ 18-3-30. Duty of Officer to Whom Attachment Directed Generally and Regarding Property Removed From County - It shall be the duty of any one of the...

§ 18-3-31. Levy by Officer of Attachments in Order Received; Entry of Time and Date of Levy on Attachment; Levy Upon Land and Attachment Entry on Docket by Clerk - In all cases it shall be the duty of the...

§ 18-3-32. Levy on Property in a Different County - When the plaintiff in attachment wishes to levy his attachment...

§ 18-3-33. Replevy of Property by Defendant Generally Upon Payment of Bond; Amount of Bond; Return of Property by Officer Taking Bond; Right of Plaintiff to Entry of Judgment Upon Bond - History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 71; Laws 1816,...

§ 18-3-34. Replevy of Property of Foreign Corporation Upon Payment of Bond; Return of Bond by Levying Officer; Right of Plaintiff to Entry of Judgment on Bond - When an attachment is levied on the property of a...

Article 3 - Third-Party Claims

§ 18-3-50. Procedure Generally - History. Laws 1814, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 72; Ga. L....

§ 18-3-51. Delivery of Property to Claimant Upon Payment of Bond; Return of Affidavit and Bond by Levying Officer - The claimant, his agent, or his attorney at law may...

§ 18-3-52. Trial of Claim - The third-party claim shall be tried in the same manner...

§ 18-3-53. Proceedings Upon Failure of Claimant to Deliver Property Pursuant to Conditions of Bond - Upon the failure of the claimant to deliver the property...

§ 18-3-54. Liability of Claimant and Surety on Bond for Hire or Use of Property Where Plaintiff’s Debt Unsatisfied - History. Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 25, § 38; Code 1863,...

§ 18-3-55. Interposition of Claim Before or After Judgment - In cases of attachment, the claim may be interposed either...

Article 4 - Judgment, Execution, and Levy

§ 18-3-70. Property Bound by Judgment in Attachment - When the defendant has given bond and security, or when...

§ 18-3-71. Setting Aside Judgment - A judgment in attachment may be set aside in a...

§ 18-3-72. Execution and Levy on Judgment - After the judgment has been obtained in any case of...

§ 18-3-73. Application of Proceeds of Sale - All money raised by the sale of defendant’s property or...

§ 18-3-74. When Lien Arises; Priorities - The lien of an attachment is created by the levy...

§ 18-3-75. Entry on Attachment Docket; Effect of Failure to Make Such Entry - As against the interests of third parties acting in good...